Madam Minister, here is the reply to the question: “l'[a]gence a déterminé que la proposition [...] de KAIROS ne correspondait pas aux priorités du gouvernement.”
If you were the one who said no, would the reply not have been that “the minister” had told the agency to deny funding?
With the wording of the sentence: “l'[a]gence a déterminé que la proposition”, it seems clear to me that you were trying to put the blame on the agency.