Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will take the Senator's request back to the Department of Justice. I think she understands that not every request for funding is automatically approved. There has to be an appraisal process. As a result of the announcement of the wind-down of the funding programme, there has been a large increase in the volume of inquiries and submitted requests. Those requests that have been received are causing a large workload for the Department, which is working as fast as it possibly can. I will take Senator O'Loughlin's specific request to the Minister. I can see how sincere she is about this matter and I thank her for raising it.