James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

I am happy to engage with the Deputy if he wants to give me the information on any specific case he suggests has been delayed. There may be some confusion among some bodies who put in queries or applications, or whatever the case may be, in that they believe that because they have not got approval it somehow means a delay. The funding we have is being approved. We have been providing funding for the necessary projects, be they cost-rental, CALF or local authority projects. We do encourage applications. We always have applications on hand that are going through the process to determine whether they can be approved, but that is different from saying there is a bunch of applications that have been approved but simply have not got the funding that is necessary.

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