Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the make up of the management committee of Kilmore West CDP in Dublin 5; the remit of the group; if his attention has been drawn to their annual funding streams; the amount his Department contributes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46816/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Community Development Programme was established in 1990 in recognition of the role of community development in tackling the causes and effects of poverty and disadvantage. The programme provides financial assistance to projects to help meet the cost of staffing and equipping local resource centres, which provide a focal point for community development activities. Projects are concerned with the needs of women and children, those with disabilities, the homeless, lone parent families, the elderly, the unemployed, young people at risk, Travellers and other disadvantaged groups. Kilmore West community development project has been funded through the programme since 1999. Its principal activity is to establish and organise community development projects and to act as promoters of such projects for the benefit of the local community and environs. The management committee of Kilmore West community development project is made up of local people from target groups in the community, such as older people and lone parents. Core funding under the programme for Kilmore West community development project for 2008 was set at €120,483. Many projects leverage additional funds from a variety of sources, including the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Health Service Executive and the VEC. Kilmore West community development project reported the receipt of additional funds of €34,400 from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in 2007, and over €43,000 in 2008 from the Department of Health and Children in support of an after-school project.