Rural Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-10
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Joe O'Brien (GP), Dublin Fingal

The Deputy will appreciate that I might not have the answers to all of the questions he has asked. As the LIS is not my dedicated function, I am not all over the detail. He asked about the level of drawdown by Cork County Council. My understanding is that the council fell short some years back but has improved its drawdown rate more recently. I will get some facts for the Deputy on that.
While I will have to confirm whether local authorities are allowed to engage with contractors, my understanding is that this is possible, absolutely. Really, the job of the local authority is to engage with contractors to get the job done. However, let me confirm that.
I am aware of some of the areas that were brought into the Cork City Council area. It is on the radar of the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, as well.
There was a fourth question that I do not recall.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-10