Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would appreciate that. I have been engaging with the group in recent months. Its members are frustrated. They have been applying for different types of funding but their group has been unable to fit into the boxes they are looking towards. Although they are in a larger urban area, they are looking to the rural fund. Local authorities get funding for urban areas, but surely there should be some sort of scheme to meet their needs.

The Minister has engaged on many previous requests made of her, so I will revert to the group and suggest that we sit down, have a look at this and see if there is any other funding that the group can apply for or if there is a way of rejigging some of the existing schemes so that the group can fit into even one of those boxes.

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