Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The application system will be open for that scheme in the next six to eight weeks. I am sure that not everybody is rich in County Longford and there are some disadvantaged people in the community. In order to qualify for our scheme, the application would have to specifically outline how the project assists disadvantaged people.

I am afraid I do not have a solution or a scheme which would match the requirements of the Kenagh community, apart from the various bodies I mentioned earlier. I advise the committee to approach the Longford Community Enterprise Centre, the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the local authority. If the committee is unable to meet the debt repayments, an approach to the local authority for funding from the development levy fund might be of some value.