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

The Minister of State's answer is a marvellous job of obfuscation. Last year, the community development companies received €527,000. I refer to the companies, not SICAP or LCDP. Some €131,000 was given during the first three months of the year. Instead of transferring €397,000, the Minister's Department transferred €300,000 and nicked €97,000. Was a transfer of €300,000 made to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to facilitate the start of the new scheme? Why was it not €397,000 so the same money could be given to the island development companies this year as last year? In 2013, the Government cut those companies' funding by 9.7%.

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