Ms Bríd Ní Chonghaile:

The Department provides a minor capital works programme in association with the local authorities annually. I understand that we may have received additional funding yesterday in the budget and now we can proceed to asking local authorities to submit their applications for the 2022 works programme.

The Deputy mentioned playgrounds. This year, we co-funded a playground development on Bere Island in association with Cork County Council. We are open to all types of work which local authorities can lead. Earlier he mentioned the provision of funding for community projects on the islands. That issue has arisen in our consultation process and is something that we will probably discuss internally in the Department.