Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate he cannot make further comment. I acknowledge his comment about being aware of the strong work involved. It is an organisation I have been involved in for over ten years. When he is looking for a pilot programme, he should know this is already being done on a voluntary capacity, and I do not think there are too many programmes anywhere in the country where that can be said. As a town, we do not have a family resource centre and we have been unsuccessful with applications for one. It took the commitment of a voluntary management committee to raise €500,000 to purchase a property, develop it and run these programmes in our county town on a voluntary basis. I appeal to the Minister of State to look at this urgently. It needs support and our county town needs support. As I said, it is an existing facility. If we are looking for value for money as well as experience, we will not get as much anywhere else in the country. I thank the Minister of State for his time.