Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The budget for last year was €6.238 million for the full year. The BAI was only in operation for the last quarter. The budget from April to September, therefore, was set at approximately €4.550 million and the remaining budget of approximately €1.5 million - the accounts have still to come in - was the estimated cost for that fourth quarter. It was largely met from cash flow resources that the authority had at its disposal. The approach that was always agreed on this-----

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