Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. We are working on the portal for the one-stop-shop and we are going to work harder on it because we must get it up and running. It is an important and good resource for people when they want to know where to go. There are so many different sources of funding that people will want to see clearly how it is possible to maximise the benefits of the supports available.

There are two types of rural funding. I will announce category 2 funding in the weeks ahead. It is available to help people put their plans together and decide what a project is about. Generous grants are available in that regard to help communities put together their proposals. Category 1 funding is for big projects, once the groundwork has been done. Some projects progress through category 2 funding first, which allows them to be ready to put in an application for the more substantial category 1 funding. That is the idea behind the structure and it is a good one.

I am sorry but I did not quite catch what Senator Burke said about where people should go to look for money. I could not hear him properly.