Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I am glad Ms Cannon is aware of this matter. The type of social in question is extremely important. Deputy Pearse Doherty referred to the NUTS 2 and BMW regions. There are large swathes of urban areas which do not receive social infrastructure funding. They previously received such funding via the Dormant Accounts Fund. However, there is no longer any social infrastructure funding for urban areas in cities such as Galway, Cork and Dublin. Are there proposals to rectify the position in this regard through the MFF? The amounts of money involved are relatively small and rural areas benefited from the €52 million spent through the Leader programmes. Are there proposals to secure even a small amount of social infrastructure funding for urban areas? I understand that such proposals exist but I cannot find them in the documentation provided.