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

I understood from the Minister of State's reply that the funding for the development companies on the non-Gaeltacht islands would not come under SICAP as the tender will not cover the type of activity mainly covered by these development companies. These are broad development companies which assist everybody on the islands. They tend to become the liaison point for all government services on the islands. In what way is the tendering process holding this up when it will not be part of it? When will a decision be made on the tendering processes, as it was meant to be over a long time ago? How much money will be set aside for this? For what length of time will the programmes run?

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