Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Can I move on to the funding for community centres? The sports capital grant has been great for sports clubs right across the country. Community centres under the Department were covered the last time. About €4.6 million was allocated through the Cork regional loan. Going forward, how does Ms Hurley see this developing?

The other issue I would like to raise on this is that although there are community groups that are very proactive, know the system very well and have been very good at getting and raising their own funding, others do not have the same expertise. I know of a community group that really needs funding now. It applied but got turned down because its application did not contain the appropriate information. Is there a need to provide supports for communities that do not have the experience and that have more challenges with income levels, etc.?