Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Government's intention is that €110 million will be available through the fund, being the cash portion of the offers made by the religious congregations in the aftermath of the publication of the Ryan report. However, to date, only €21.05 million of the cash contributions has been received and placed in a special interest bearing account in the Central Bank pending establishment of the statutory fund. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Deputy Smith that the money must be used wisely.

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