Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's answer. We are dealing with a huge number of applications because there is a huge amount of need. That goes without saying. Everybody across this campus could probably speak to the work done by many community organisations and its absolute necessity for the community. I ask that whatever can be done is done to ensure we can deliver as much as possible. We know the financial pressures for businesses and community organisations from the necessary added costs from wages. We also know about the added costs from the cost of living, energy costs, and so on. They obviously also impact on them. However, there is currently an application with the Department that relates to Muirhevnamore community centre. I can speak to the work that is done in terms of youth groups, youth training, addiction supports, disability supports, the HSE and everybody else who operates out of there. It has expanded in the past while and provides a fabulous service to the local community.

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