Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

All politics is local. On the issue of the Dell funding, we have got clearance from the European Union following ongoing discussions between my Department and the European Commission. The money, as I indicated, will be for the benefit of the individual and not for anyone else's benefit. To reiterate and clarify the position, the money will not go to the individual but it will be for the benefit of the individual and to augment his or her capacity for training or to provide seed capital for a person to set up his or her own business. In bringing together everyone who will be involved in the distribution of that money, it is my clear intention that there will be one line person who will be accountable to me and my Department for the disbursement of those moneys.

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