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

The Department of Rural and Community Development is currently assessing applications submitted under category 2 of the rural regeneration and development fund. I know Deputy Griffin is very supportive of the application in respect of Killorglin's town centre. It is a project he raised with me and the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, before. I know the town centre well, having tried to cycle up that hill on more than one occasion on my visits to Kerry. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is aware of the Deputy's advocacy for the project. The application process is now at an advanced stage so I cannot pre-empt any announcement. I know she hopes to make an announcement in the next couple of weeks and, I hope, before Christmas.

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