Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a very important programme and it is essential that the Minister's Department engages with all other Departments in publicising the consultation period and publicising and encouraging community involvement in the consultation. I ask the Minister to provide a breakdown of the various cohorts from which the €1 billion funding is coming. Will there be co-operation between the PEACE+ programme and the ambition of the Taoiseach's shared island unit in the context of its capital expenditure? I ask the Minister to focus on the key themes of peaceful and thriving communities, economic regeneration and transformation, empowering and investing in young people, healthy and inclusive communities and supporting a sustainable future. I ask him to focus in particular on the involvement of young people as they are the ones paying the biggest price for Brexit.

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