
The Taoiseach acknowleged they're working on transferring the money as a matter of urgency.
A €5 million contribution to the Just Transition fund from the ESB is yet to be received.
Commissioner Kieran Mulvey wants to spend a total of €11 million in the midlands this year, that figure is made up of a €6 million carbon tax allocation, alongside the money from the state owned company.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar acknowleged that the Department of Environment is working on transferring the money as a matter of urgency.
Independent Roscommon/Galway TD Denis Naughten is frustrated that it's taken this long to get the contribution in place:
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