Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the Covid stability fund, there are no plans at present but we will be actively monitoring the situation on a weekly basis. Obviously, it depends on Covid and the restrictions that we are required to adhere to. At present, there are no plans but we will be actively monitoring it.

The position in the case of the community resilience fund is similar. I suppose, with the community resilience fund, we are in a position coming to the end of the year where we can reallocate funding to areas that need it more at present, that is, I guess, the front line across communities. That is why it is going in that direction.

It is going through the community enhancement programme. That programme will continue every year anyway as well but there is a little reorientation at present to facilitate current expenditure under the community enhancement programme rather than the capital programme to allow people to get some practical aids to bridge gaps, especially where people are in isolated situations during the lockdown.