Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We hope to be able to make the first allocations in November and December. When towns do well and flourish, it is often as a result of bottom-up initiatives. If they have not done so, I encourage community groups, businesses and the local authority to apply to that €1 billion fund, if they have not done so already.

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