Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy O'Sullivan. It is at times challenging to make decisions about investment given the parameters and contours of the existing schemes. I accept what she is saying and that is why there is an opportunity within the QCBI scheme to do something different and new to complement the investment that is going into communities. Deputy O'Sullivan indicated the family resource centre as an example and we do still need to look at the kind of investment going on, if it is sufficient, how it is awarded, if there are enough people working in a particular family resource centre given geographic and demographic needs etc. That is something that is also on my radar, that I am concerned about and hope to do something about in the near future as well.

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