Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy did very well. He mostly touched on programme A in terms of the walks programme, the LEADER programme, broadband and mobile phone coverage. He touched on the issue of text alerts. That is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality but the committee received representations on that issue in Dunhill, County Waterford last week and it is an issue we hope to follow up on with the community alert groups. The Charities Regulator is under programme C. The CSP programme is under programme B and the rural regeneration programme is under programme A. Schull is an area of which I am very fond and the Deputy makes a good point about the rural peninsulas and the need to invest there. I call on the Minister, Deputy Ring and the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, to address the various issues that have been raised in respect of programme A.