James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide funding of €25,000 to a company (details supplied) for its 18 month Staying Safe Project, which runs until June 2010 and provides minor repair services and safety equipment for elderly people to enable them to live independent lives, but has lost funding since the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20023/09]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Scheme of Community Support for Older People was suspended on 7th April 2009. This was done with a view to affording my Department the opportunity to review its operation over the next few months and re-launching it later in the year.

An application was received from the group in question on the 21st April 2009. As with all such applications received after the suspension of the Programme, it was returned. My priority, as stated in the House, is to deal with applications on hand at the time of suspension.