Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes in this State programmes are funded centrally by the Government, but administered at local level through local authorities. With the influx of people from Ukraine and other countries over the last few years in particular, additional resources have been given to our local authorities and other local statutory agencies to deal with some of the issues and provide new community facilities. Our local authorities are the decision-makers with regard to where that funding is disbursed, etc. Do the local authorities have any programmes or funding streams to support the work of the witnesses' organisations and others?