Original sentence: Although the grant had been approved by the parliament, following a wave of rapes, the allocation was made without a public announcement.As Lysbakken was on parental leave when the case broke, his State secretary, Henriette Westhrin, reported that this was a "completely normal procedure" for allocation of funds.In January 2012, Dagbladet reported that the Ministry of Children and Equality had awarded NOK 500,000 to two groups to fund self defense education for high school girls.One of the organisations, receiving NOK 150,000, was Jenteforsvaret, a group with very close ties to the Socialist Youth, his own party's youth organization.he later apologized unreservedly calling the affair an "error of judgment" on his behalf and promising a "full review" on past transactions
Edited sentence: At first Lysbakken through his State secretary reported that this was a "completely normal procedure" for allocation of funds, he later apologized unreservedly calling the affair an "error of judgment" on his behalf and promising a "full review" on past transactions.In January 2012, Dagbladet reported that Lysbakken in November 2011 had secretly funneled €66,000 of public funds from his ministry to two groups, one of which was the Socialist Youth, his own party's youth organization which received €20,500, without making the process public