Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Fair Hill is another area in my constituency. The current group of volunteers, because that is what they are, have been doing unbelievable work there for the past ten years. Cork City Council gave them a council house. They have hundreds of children between community groups, youth groups, art groups and counselling. The Minister of State would want to see the work they are doing out of a house. This current group has been together for ten years - some of them even longer - trying to get a community centre. It is under way, but it is so slow. Funding was received this year to clear a site. There is a site they want to progress, but realistically it will take years. Is there a way we can fast-track this, for the Department to put in the resources to work with local authorities? Cork City Council is working with these people. There are different groups, but it needs someone to grab the project, as it were, and put a team around them. We need someone like that. Can the Minister of State deliver that, or can he find a mechanism to deliver it?

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