Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The initial allocation was €50 million, with €30 million for this year and €20 million next year. There is some flexibility, including on timelines. Requests could be made for adaptations of particular proposals. There is a lot that is not yet visible in terms of what the community recognition fund can do. Running into November, we are now at a stage where we hope we will see most of the moneys spent by next year. There is much more evidence to come to light on what the community recognition fund will do for communities. We are only at the beginning of seeing this rolled out across communities. As I mentioned with regard to additional resources, most local authorities have not yet recruited their local authority integration teams but we will see this accelerate and address any issues that arise.

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