Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I might give some figures first, which might be helpful to the Deputies. In Cork city, 318 applications were received, of which 241 were approved. Only nine were rejected. The other applications are being processed and applications are still coming in. A total of 28 grants have been paid out in Cork city. That figure will accelerate substantially over the coming months. We are budgeting for approximately €94 million to be paid out through the grant this year, because we see where the 13-month period is, to answer Deputy Ó Cuív. In County Cork, 860 applications were received, of which 617 were approved and 54 were paid out.

A total of 454 applications were received in Galway, of which 281 were approved and 22 were rejected.

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