Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the effectiveness of youth clubs in relation to community development in view of the changes in respect of the number of different nationalities that constitute each community area; the grants available or planned from his Department to assist with the advancement of such clubs or the need to restructure such clubs to meet the changing demographics of communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/08]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department operates a number of programmes and schemes that support young people in their communities and that are complementary to supports offered by other Departments and Agencies. Details of all the programmes and schemes operated by my Department can be accessed on the Department's website at www.pobail.ie. A number of schemes are delivered through locally based bodies that can respond flexibly to changing community circumstances. Young people are also considered a specific target group under a number of key programmes such as the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme and the National Drugs Strategy.

Each of these schemes and programmes is governed by eligibility criteria that applicants must meet in order to receive funding from the Department. My Department does not operate a specific scheme or programme to support youth clubs.