Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know Deputy Ó Cuív was happy with that. I reintroduced all the schemes that Deputy Ó Cuív and the Government of which he was a member closed down.

I used the term "shortly" in my reply. I have set out a deadline for the local authorities. I have written to them. I have set out a schedule for when the applications will come in, when they will be dealt with and when grant aid will be approved. I will do that. I cannot deliver the schemes but my Department will play its part. I assure Deputy Ó Cuív that I will have all these schemes open. The CLÁR programme will reopen in the next couple of weeks. I have written to the local authorities and they are getting the projects ready. I will have the schemes opened and I will implement them. What happened last year will not happen this time.

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