Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, this is simply an accounting exercise whereby something the Department would have paid in December now is being paid in January because the amount is not actually due until the end of January. It will be a once-off change for this year but in the future, the money that is owed for the last six months of each year will be paid in the January of the following year and-----

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