John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

There is no denying that there is a paucity of facilities in many parts of the country and that this gap needs to be addressed, not least in County Kildare. I sincerely hope that we receive applications from County Kildare under ACCESS II which will be worthy of support. There is no doubt that further facilities are required. We made a start under ACCESS I and in addition to that, almost €53 million has been awarded to other capital projects in 2004, 2005 and 2006. We are beginning to provide relatively good facilities in communities, but there is still some way to go.

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