Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The problem of delays can be traced to those who were charged with responsibility and contracted, on behalf of the Department, to do the work for the Gaeltacht areas. I am sure Deputy Ó Cuív knows a significant number of the individuals in question. I assure him that I have done everything possible, notwithstanding the protracted nature of the process, to get the legal certainty resolved, the contiguous areas involved and the bonds in place in order that payments can be made to the project promoters for job creation purposes.

I cannot provide a day or date on which the payments will be made but it appears everything is in place following negotiations with the insurance providers. The local development companies were reluctant to get involved and the Department had to force the issue to ensure the insurance bond required to allow payments to be made to promoters was put in place. I hope the payments will be made shortly.

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