Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has received an application for funding of telecommunications infrastructure at the Black Valley, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23122/06]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if community groups in the Black Valley, County Kerry seeking to provide local community based telephonic infrastructure can qualify for grant assistance through any of the schemes operated by his Department, having particular regard to the socio-economic nature requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together.

I would refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ No. 287, of 8 February 2006, in which I advised the Deputy that my Department does not provide funding for telecommunications services. This position remains unchanged.