Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Acting Chair. I condemn anybody who makes personal remarks about the Minister because of his sexuality. That is not why I am here this morning. I understand we do not want money sitting unused and virements are an important part of ensuring the continued efficiency of Government spending. However, many found it unusual that all of these unspent moneys from disparate funds ended up being siphoned off and spent on the same issue. The Minister's Department has the widest remit of any Department. Its full title does not fit on one line of an A4 page in greater than 16-point type. Are we to believe that across the multitude of areas for which the Minister is responsible, none could have done with the extra injection of funds more than TENI or other LGBT-----