Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for that. On the criminal injuries compensation tribunal, people have been made awards this year but no funding has been put in place since May. Does the Minister for Finance intend to bring a Supplementary Estimate to the Dáil to provide the money to the people entitled to it? The Minister for Finance is responsible. The information provided in reply to a question asked last week is that we are waiting on funding from the Department of Finance to pay these people.

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