Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised)
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Again, I am operating without having seen the script. There is a lot of talk about remote hubs but I do not know if the Minister outlined clearly in her opening statement details of the funding. If a person is trying to set up a remote hub in a town, a village or a rural area, what funding streams are available for fit out and so on for getting the remote hub? Does this cover leased buildings as well as owned buildings? In other words, does funding cover a case where a community leases a building from a private owner? If the Minister does not have the information to hand, perhaps she will make the information available to the committee. It would be very useful for all the committee members to get this information. When the bigger things are announced, we always get a few phone calls from very savvy people who say "How does this work, where do I apply, where do I get the form, how do I fill it up, who do I sent it to, and what are the small-print conditions?" This is what we need. Maybe the Minister could arrange to get that information for the committee.
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