Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have stated here on numerous occasions that it is up to Cork County Council and Cork City Council to come together and find a solution to this. The money has been allocated to the county. I would love to give every county more money for the LIS, but if I were to do so, I would be taking the money out of other schemes. I have to try to balance these budgets. The point is Cork County Council and Cork City Council can figure that out themselves. The funding is being made available. The boundaries were changed but I continue to support County Cork in terms of the allocation it gets. It got €1.4 million this year. There is a lot of funding going into the county. The Deputy is aware that only last week there was a further announcement of CLÁR projects. There is a lot of investment. Millstreet Community Council got another €50,000 for a gym, for example. I am trying to do a lot of things. Sometimes it is a case of loaves and fishes but we try to spread it out as fairly as we can.

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