Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

When I was in Cork I sought the meeting with Northside Community Enterprise in order to be able to discuss the need for particular support to get this service reopened. I was able to see the amazing work it has done in other services and understand the particular ethos behind the organisation as a community organisation. This is something we in the Department want to support. I outlined the challenges we faced in terms of creating a brand new stream of funding to meet the organisation's particular needs. I also made it clear that it is something that my Department is willing to do because of the importance of this service and the need to support services like it. We will continue to work on it and look to put in place the necessary new funding stream. I will keep Deputy Barry and the other Deputies from Cork who have been in touch with me about this issue fully abreast of what we are doing.

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