Ms ?mer Deane:

The shared island unit itself is for capital projects. One of the things we fund, however, via the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, is the civic fund. This works with all sorts of civic society groups, including to do the type of work the Deputy is referring to. A particular focus is to build North-South connections. There may be scope in this regard within this context and a funding round is due to be announced shortly by that Department. This is the space as it stands now. Of course, other funding streams may be relevant. These could include PEACEPLUS or the reconciliation fund.