Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)

I have one brief point. The programme is essential. In his reply, the Minister stated he would deliver key services and we agree with that. It is important for these groups to have some certainty around funding in order to maintain services. One finds with many of these groups that they have multiple sources of funding. Some of them have suffered a range of cuts. When one adds all the cuts together they might come to 30% or 40%. I ask the Minister to bear that in mind.

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