Cyprian Brady (Fianna Fail)

All the information is available. When one observes the effects of this fund on the various different schemes and considers similar previous schemes, such as the young persons' facilities and services fund, it is clear that areas of particular disadvantage have benefited greatly. These schemes have been administered by Departments and not by independent boards or specially commissioned quangos. Communities have benefited on the ground, particularly in areas designated for the RAPID programme. We could spend substantial amounts of money administering these schemes but we would then have to tell the people on Sean McDermott Street, for example, who want a playground so that their children do not have to play on busy roads that the money was spent on administration. The thrust of this proposed legislation is concerned with the need for the Government to take responsibility for implementing those strategies for which it was elected——