Ms Gillian Baker:

It is certainly a point worth noting that we should look at community projects in a different light. This is a new scheme that communities are involved in. Issues like this have cropped up and it would be good to collaborate with the various public stakeholders to see how best we can address them. The different local authorities take different approaches to community projects, whether they view them as commercial or not-for-profit entities, and treat them differently in terms of development bonds and levies. If we come together and get all the stakeholders involved, we can put some good policies in place to address these issues. Given this is relatively new, it is an involvement piece that will come in time. Clonakilty is doing a fantastic job. It is spearheading this so it would be great to see the project developed.