Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following matter of local and national importance: the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to reverse immediately the decision they made to cut funding for community projects throughout the country and in my constituency of Dublin north east. Two projects that have been affected are Sphere 17, which supports young people and helps them develop, and the RASP Project based in Dublin 17, which helps people coming from a drug misuse background. They have suffered cruelly under these major cuts. I ask the Government to reverse these cruel cutbacks, in light of the negative effect that the they will have on the individuals, the families and the communities concerned.

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