Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I take on board the points made by Deputy Brendan Smith. He has been a really consistent voice on behalf of cross-Border co-operation and has a great understanding of the issues in that area. I take on board what he said about the less-developed areas of Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh and Tyrone. We are willing to work with county councils on this and we developed a pipeline initiative some time back. Approximately 25 councils engaged, so there is a good pipeline of projects coming through at local authority level, through shared island funding.

There is also funding of approximately €2.5 million to €3 million through the Department of Foreign Affairs, which we have allocated in the shared island unit, for civic groups. This funding is for civic initiatives on a smaller scale than some of the big projects.

Deputy McGreehan raised the issue of the Narrow Water Bridge.

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