Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will inform the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, of the Deputy's query. I will ask him to ensure that he or his officials respond directly to the Deputy on this point to clarify it for him. There are still some applications outstanding. As I was saying, 15% of the payment claims have been received and the Department is also awaiting completed paperwork from 9% of the Irish-language colleges. Upon receipt of that paperwork, these will be processed properly. Part of the challenge is that in 9% of the claims, paperwork is still awaiting submission from the Irish-language colleges. That 9% and the 15% mentioned is equal to the 24% queried by the Deputy, which ultimately gives the 100% figure.

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