Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The commitment is to spend €20 million over a period of five years but it is not to spend €4 million per annum and the matching funds. In other words, if the funds raised on the private sector side fall short of the target, would that pull the gross amount down for that year? Is the commitment to have 12 scholars per year ring-fenced and secure irrespective of the flow of cash in any particular year?

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