Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I spoke on the pay-by-weight issue last week. There is confusion. The Minister needs to clarify this for us, especially for the people using Greyhound and other facilities. I would like the Minister to come to the House to explain the situation. I believe it will be sorted but we need confirmation of what the situation is.

In the last local elections, the name of the Leader programme changed to local community development committee, LCDC, but no payments have been made to any local authorities for more than two years. I want the Minister to ensure that every local authority is paid. Carlow County Council should be paid €6.4 million for necessary projects. All local authorities have 12 or 14 projects waiting to be assessed and get the go-ahead. I believe that under this new process, they have to reapply. That is not good enough. Any project waiting more than two years to be assessed needs to get the go ahead. That is only fair play. I want the Minister to look at the projects listed for the past two years and put them forward.