Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

That is a good question. Can that money be spent this year? The House is giving the Government permission under section 4 not to exceed €20 million, although admittedly not over a time period. There would be a concern if we asked that the money be spent in such a way but that over a number of years it was not spent because of the inability of the alliance or anybody else to obtain matching funding for that purpose.

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