Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are 400 men's sheds around the country and the Deputy is correct to say that it has been a fabulous organisation, which has taken off and is working. Instead of dying away after starting off, it has got stronger and stronger. I have had a number of meetings with men's sheds and my Department is looking at the applications from the national organisation. Many applications have been received and I did not realise there were so many organisations. The Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and I are going through them at the moment but it will not be possible to accommodate everybody with the amount of money we have. Nevertheless, we will make decisions on the applications in the next few weeks.

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