Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the anticipated expenditure in respect of applications received for grant aid under the RAPID programme throughout the country in 2010; the extent to which these applications are expected to be met in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41904/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within the designated RAPID areas nationally. As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their responsibility in the RAPID areas. In support, Pobal collects data from each RAPID area in respect of funding allocations received by projects from Government Departments and local state agencies. The latest data in respect of the programme is available on Pobal's website under the RAPID section - http://www.pobal.ie/Funding%20Programmes/Rapid/Pages/Funding.aspx - and the Deputy may find it useful to access this information. The 2010 budget for RAPID will be addressed in the context of the estimates process, which is currently underway.