Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like the local authorities to spend that money. I would also like more of the funding under the CLÁR, REDZ and Leader programmes and the rural recreation and other schemes to be spent. I will ring county managers this week to make sure that is happening, but there has been a major improvement in the spend in the past few months.

They got that money in December and have been complaining that it was a bad time of year. Let us wait and see. We are getting a progress report from them to see what they actually spent up to May. I will give the Deputy a copy of that the minute I have it.

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