Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the community centre investment fund, is there a date or a rough timeline for when the announcement will be made on successful applications under the remaining categories? Where funding was made available, it was clearly provided in addition to LIS funding and that is welcome because demand is high for this scheme. It was said earlier that the Department is in the process of contacting local authorities, as was done last year, to see what the remaining funds are in each local authority. Can we get an update in that regard?

On this subject, I tabled three parliamentary questions for the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about the Department of Transport making an allocation, as it has done previously. It does not seem to be on his radar at all given the reply I received that outlined the position, and this is the position as it remains. I do not know if it may be a wider job of work for this committee, but additional pressure needs to be applied. It does not need to be a large sum of money. Any amount that the Department could provide would make a significance difference, in particular, to the current backlog. Perhaps as a committee we could push this for because all moneys for the scheme will assist in making a difference.