Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 25 together.

My Department provides funding for a wide range of community projects, through various schemes and programmes. Each of the schemes and grant programmes operated by my Department is governed by rules and eligibility criteria, which projects have to meet to qualify for funding.

With regard to the specific refurbishment projects referred to by the Deputies, elements of such projects may be eligible for funding under my Department's programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary organisations, the young people's facilities and services fund, the CLÁR programme and the Leader programmes. Funding may also be available through the dormant accounts fund.

In the case of projects located in a Gaeltacht area, grants are also available under my Department's Gaeltacht improvement schemes to provide or improve facilities such as community centres for the purpose of enhancing the linguistic, cultural and social development of the Gaeltacht. Detailed information in respect of these programmes and schemes can be found on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. I hope the website is working because, unfortunately, there was a problem with it last night.

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