Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Politics 101 in Ireland is to launch a multimillion euro budget for a sector in society that is significantly suffering, accompanied with plenty of media and loads of photographs, and then make the application process for that money so tied up in red tape and bureaucracy that it is almost impossible for community groups or citizens who are in trouble to draw down the money. Funds are then siphoned from such projects and put into a pet project of the Government. This is, unfortunately, what is happening under the Department of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. Money that is earmarked for just transitions and the agricultural sector, which is suffering, are being siphoned off for pet projects of Green Party Ministers. Will the Minister of State ensure those who really need funding and are suffering in terms of just transition actually get the funding they need?

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