Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister is aware, the north fringe is a vast new urban district which was started nearly 20 years ago but was stopped for nearly ten years. Up to 20,000 people live there in areas such as Clongriffin, Belmayne, the coast and Burnell, yet we do not have many of the key services one would expect in such a big district such as education, health, sport and recreation. People believe it would be beneficial to have a multifunctional community centre in the heart of the area, namely, in Clongriffin. My question is whether the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, could be used. The Minister could become one of the stakeholders in such a project.

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