Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. The funding is always welcome, but it does not go far enough. If you combine it with other improvement or involvement schemes like CIS, there is significant demand. There are long waiting lists. For those two schemes there is a ten-year waiting list in County Meath alone.

In terms of the level of funding, is there a consideration of the significant increase in costs to local authorities in delivering these works? The same applies to communities. Second, is there a review or a planned review of the eligibility criteria?

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