Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The review has taken place. I hope that it will be completed some time this year. I will open the CLÁR programme soon and the review will not be done on time for these people, but it will be for the next round. It needs to be done. We need to consider the 2016 census figures. It has been many years since we reviewed the CLÁR programme and it is time that we did it. The Deputy is correct that many areas should be in the CLÁR programme and that many areas have moved on and may not need to be in it. We need to make sure that we support areas that need to be in it.

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