Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These budgets have been set for 2018. Agencies must work within the budgets that are set. At this stage there cannot be a revision of budgetary provision. That would make it impossible to have reliable budgeting. While I am sure Pobal, in the context of its allocations and choices, will attempt to accommodate applications, I cannot see how an across-the-board change in budgeting could be possible.

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