Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 April 2017

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

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion

2:25 pm

Ms Gina McIntyre:

We are in the process of assessing those projects. We have many more than eight. We are currently looking at 13 going forward to the next stage. It is a fantastic area as the Deputy said. The shared spaces such as Castle Saunderson and the Peace Bridge in Derry, Londonderry, were all funded. It is about bringing communities together, particularly in what would have been seen as areas of dereliction where young people might have been hanging about. They have been redeveloped, including the Portadown people's park. That was a very derelict area with young people hanging around and drug abuse. That has been developed for a cross-community purpose so that the two communities - indeed all the communities in the area - feel comfortable to come into those civic spaces and can view them as their own. Mr. Greer might like to add something on the projects he is assessing.

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