Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

10:00 am

Mr. Gabriel O'Connell:

Yes. The only word of advice I can give is to make more use of the local development company delivery structures on the ground because in the restructuring there is a sense that some capacity is not being used or is being under-used. New ad hocfunding streams can cause problems for the Leader programme. As I said, the Leader programme is a funder of last resort. We have to check to see if there is EU or State funding available. If we have submitted a funding application for the provision of a playground, a Ceantair Laga Árd Riachtanais, CLÁR, programme has been introduced and we have been told it can fund playground projects, we cannot fund the applicant. The ad hocfunders that have come on stream in recent months can damage integration.

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