Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister believe the RAPID programme provides a useful vehicle for dealing with issues in deprived communities? Will the Minister indicate if he believes the programme gives buy-in for local communities into their future? What certainty has been achieved since the withdrawal of funding for RAPID co-ordinators that the local authorities will continue to fund dedicated RAPID co-ordinators in each one of these communities, which are scientifically recognised as being the most deprived communities in Ireland? As there has been no meeting of the monitoring committee, is the Minister willing to have a collective meeting of the chairs and co-ordinators of the RAPID area and implementation teams to discuss the future of the programme, as was done under the previous Government?

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