Budget 2021
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-19
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Imelda Munster (SF), Louth

The Minister is talking about funding that was allocated in 2020, including the July stimulus package. When that is excluded, there is additional funding of just €79 million for 2021. It is not that I am taking issue with that funding, given that it is needed. Plenty of businesses and sectors have fallen through the cracks, and that is a situation that must be addressed. When the warranted and much-needed July stimulus package is excluded though, the Minister has secured just €79 million for her Department for 2021.
The budget document reflects the figures. If they have been recycled from somewhere else or taken from another Department I ask her to tell us. The budget document is in black and white and there is €79 million in additional funding for 2021.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-19