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

Deputy Dillon has been a strong advocate for projects in County Mayo. Mayo did very well actually. I have a long list to hand of projects funded. It is important that we help these community centres. The Deputy asked me whether there is an appeals system and there is. We asked Pobal to assess these applications for us and it did so. There will be an appeal system whereby an organisation that has not been successful can see exactly where it fell down. The good news is that I am trying to put a fund together for next year. If at first you do not succeed, I always recommend that you try again. Maybe with some changes the application can be successful the next time. Good projects always get money.

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