John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department, through Kilkenny County Council, reduced the grant to a project (details supplied) in Kilkenny by €30,000; the criteria used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5978/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not reduced the grant to the project referred to in the question. While the level of accommodation-related funding applicable to this type of project is, in the first instance, a matter for decision by the local authority in whose area the project is situated, my Department recoups to the authority 90% of such funding. In this context, Kilkenny County Council has been requested to submit detailed information to support its proposal to increase the funding for the project in question. On receipt of this information, the matter will be considered further.