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

The rural regeneration fund is going well. It is a €1 billion fund, as the Deputy knows, that we have set aside to invest in rural communities, towns, villages and parishes all over the country. As is the case with any competitive fund, there is no guarantee that every constituency and county will get money every time. That is not how it works. It is based on an assessment of the projects and an independent advisory body helps to score and assess them for the Minister. I do not know why the particular project in Schull that the Deputy mentioned has not got funding but it would be reasonable for them to get some feedback from the Department as to why they did not. I will ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, to make sure that is done.

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