Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are potential funding sources within his Department for a proposed community facilities project (details supplied) in County Cork. [19413/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department funds, and in some cases administers, a range of programmes to enable members of communities to be active participants in identifying and meeting their own development needs, working alongside the Statutory Agencies and others involved in local development initiatives. Details of all of the programmes and schemes operated by my Department, including guidelines and criteria, are available on the Department's website at www.pobail.ie. The Deputy will appreciate that eligibility for grants available depends on the nature of the grant sought and details of the group seeking them.

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are potential funding sources within her Department for a proposed community facilities project (details supplied) in County Cork. [19415/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Family and Community Services Resource Centre (FRC) Programme is operated by the Family Support Agency which is under the auspices of my Department. There are currently 107 Family Resource Centres nationwide. Having examined the details of the community facilities project, supplied by the Deputy, it does not appear that the criteria of the FRC Programme would be met by this project. In any event, as part of the Government's collective approach to controlling short-term expenditure in the interests of Ireland's future prosperity, with the exception of an FRC in Duiska, Galway City, no further FRCs will open.