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

I am being given the job of doing the elbowing. I take Deputy Bruton's point. I appreciate there are bigger communities, more people moving in and facilities are needed. I secured €20 million for a fund targeted at new-build community centres. That fund can be drawn down in both rural and urban areas. It will be targeted specifically at areas where there has been population growth and there is currently a lack of a community centre. The URDF is the scheme that should look at the areas the Deputy is addressing because as I said there is a specific focus on the rural in my Department. He will appreciate there has been unprecedented investment in rural Ireland, which is paying off, making changes and making a difference to people's lives. It is something we need to look at as a Government and I am happy to follow up on it with my colleagues though my focus remains, as I said, on the rural side of things.

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