Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the completed projects within Kildare that were proposed under the last National Development Plan by his Department; the number under construction; the number that have rolled over to the new NDP; the other new proposals that are planned for Kildare under the new NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4294/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I can inform the Deputy that a grant of €165,000 was awarded to St. John Of God Services in Kildare to assist mentally disadvantaged women integrate into society. The grant was paid over a three year period 2002-2005. The project was awarded funding under the Equality for Women Measure of the 2000-2006 National Development Plan. The measure is an initiative designed to tackle attitudinal, cultural and structural barriers to women's equal participation in society. I can also inform the Deputy that future calls for proposals will issue on a national basis over the lifetime of the new NDP in relation to the National Women's Strategy and Gender Equality Initiatives.

I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that County Kildare has benefitted from the many national initiatives carried out under the last NDP and will do so again under the new NDP.