Councillor Declan McDonnell:

Deputy Dara Murphy asked a question about what we contribute. One of the things that I and several members brought forward at regional authority meetings was a sense of awareness of the funding available to the local authorities. In the west region, the managers of Roscommon, Mayo and Galway County Councils as well as Galway City Council went out to meet the Irish regions office. Mr. Robert Collins brought in people who were experienced in assessing what funding would be available between 2014 and 2020. As part of a follow-up, the Galway city manager invited Robert to come to Galway to address all the directors.