Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----because those authorities and the public representatives who serve on them now have access to all of the detail relating to how the money involved is used for the benefit of communities. This is not to say that the functions and responsibilities of the Leader groups and those who work on them have changed. The latter have a very important part to play in respect of the moneys allocated.

The Deputy referred to an assault on rural Ireland. He must remember that both rural and urban areas are still recovering from the devastation that was wreaked upon them a number of years ago.

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