Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted with the reply and we can confidently say that they will be open, because there may just have been a lack of understanding about how to meet the criteria Pobal was looking for. If all sides sit down, that will be easily sorted.

I also want to raise the question of funding. Is there a possibility that the funding could be better streamlined, that is, that the grant could go directly to Dublin City Council? The CDETB owns the buildings of Inchicore sports centre and Clogher Road. About ten years ago, they agreed to a procedure whereby Pobal would pay the CDETB as a middle man and then the money would go to the DCC staff and so on. Would it not be better to sit down and use this opportunity to see how the process can be streamlined so that we know exactly where the money is going and if there is a more direct way of dealing with it?

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