23.4. Until 1 April 1992, the sums necessary for the payment of the obligations of the Fonds pursuant to section 4 shall be paid out of the net income from the sum of $10,000,000 contemplated in section 23.2 and, where such income is insufficient, the Minister of Finance, at the request of the Fonds, may pay to it, out of the consolidated revenue fund, the sums required to make up the payment of those obligations.