Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The community centre investment fund started off with repairs and refurbishment works for existing community centres. The second tranche I launched was for new community centres across the country. There were a number of them. They were centres for new communities. More people had moved into areas but had no community centres. It was particularly noticeable. Two such centres in Galway got funding. We then had another tranche. This fund has been extremely popular. A further tranche was launched recently. Last week, I announced the small grants from the community centre investment fund. These are for upgrades to existing community centres. We went through all of the applications and, while I do not know all of their details, the fund was not designed to top-up a shortfall. Rather, it was designed for specific works in centres across the country. We are assessing applications for larger-scale grants of up to €100,000. They will be announced by the new Minister, whenever he or she arrives. I believe I have all of the money spent. That is the state of play on the community centres investment fund.