Departmental Funding
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-13
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Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF), Cork North-Central

I thank the Minister. I have two supplementary questions. First, from what the Minister said, I take it that the focus this year will be on the new builds, and pending the budget later in the year, that the Minister hopes for a new round of last year's community investment fund sometime next year. Will the Minister clarify that? I do not want to be putting words in her month but she might expand on that. The second is regarding the fact that a State-funded body has to be the lead actor. I am assuming that is an organisation like Cork County Council or Cork City Council that will work in partnership with either a new community association, a new voluntary group or perhaps an existing one. In my own area of Glanmire, servicing a population of 25,000 people, all we have is an old former schoolhouse building, the equivalent of three rooms, which is not fit-for-purpose for catering to the demands of that community. We are shipping people left, right and centre outside for all sorts of amenities. Will the Minister clarify this again? I assume it is working in the spirit of partnership.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-13