Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What the Minister is actually telling me is that there was €60 million available this year. A sum of €20 million has been spent. When we take the €9 million out of that, however, the Department has actually only spent €11 million of this year's allocation, which is a very small percentage after ten months. The Minister said the Department will spend "a significant amount" between now and the end of the year. That phrase suggests to me that the Department might not know what will be spent. What is the Department's estimate of what will be spent between now and the end of the year, which is only really five or six weeks away when one takes the Christmas period into account?

Does the Minister foresee a carry forward once again, even though people are screaming for money under schemes like LIS? Does she foresee a significant carry forward by her Department of capital funding into next year?

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