Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

Were matching funds not to become available and there was a deficit of €8 million, €9 million or €10 million, is there provision in the Bill, not in the context of this amendment to the principal Act but in the context of the original Bill of 1999, that those funds can be used for purposes other than those of the alliance? In other words, could they become available to other programmes in the United States of America which are not successful in obtaining the original agreement with the State? Furthermore, to where would that money revert?

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