Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 538: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent to date on young people's facilities and services fund under the National Development Plan; the total amount estimated to be spent by the end of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34277/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF) was established in 1998 to assist in the development of facilities (including sport and recreational facilities) and services in disadvantaged areas where a significant drug problem existed or had the potential to develop.

In the period from 2000 to date, approximately €123m has been spent, including expenditure on projects mainstreamed to the Department of Education and Science as well as the Springboard Initiative under the aegis of the Department of Health and Children.

It is envisaged that total YPFSF expenditure under the National Development Plan will amount to approximately €135m, including some expenditure which will not be incurred until after the end of 2006.