Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Is the Minister satisfied with the speed of the uptake of these programmes and schemes or does he believe the communities involved may need some further impetus, inspiration or guidance in this regard? As well as taking advice from those on the ground and acting on it, is the Department doing anything else? We are talking here about different types of communities. Some are self starters and will drive progress themselves while other communities have become stalled or becalmed in recent years.

Does the Minister have any proposals to jump-start them?

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