Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the community development programme; the amount of funding allocated to this programme for 2008; the number of projects operating under this programme; the number of projects dedicated to tackling the drug problem in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33086/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Community Development Programme (CDP) was established in 1990 in recognition of the role of community development in tackling poverty and disadvantage. In 2008, an allocation of €24.5million has made available for the Community Development Programme. The Programme currently core funds 185 community development projects in communities experiencing social and economic disadvantage. All projects have an anti-poverty, anti-exclusion focus, are managed by local voluntary management committees and are located in recognised disadvantaged areas nationwide, in both urban and rural areas. While there are no projects within the Programme that deal exclusively with the drugs problems, there are a number of projects which include the drugs issue as a priority within their Operational Plans.