Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 46: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent Teagasc report undertaken with assistance from Údarás na Gaeltachta, Galway Rural Development Company, Galway County Council and the partnership group, Cumas, on five rural communities in County Galway. [11431/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I launched the report of the Teagasc study on 4 April. The aims of the study, which examined five disparate rural communities in County Galway, were to identify different types of rural area and different household types, to examine how areas and households adjust to change and how different policies and service delivery agencies support or hinder adjustment. I welcome the publication of the study and believe it will play a role in informing rural development policy in the future. Studies such as this are useful in providing a research-based analysis of issues relevant to rural policy development. The study is particularly relevant at this time as we prepare for the 2007 to 2013 round of EU structural funding.