James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will double the funding for rural social schemes in County Longford to provide opportunities for those unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43197/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 2,600 participant places under the Rural Social Scheme. This number has been progressively increased since the Scheme commenced in 2004. There are no immediate plans to further increase the Scheme numbers, but were this to happen, additional places would be allocated across the 36 Implementing Bodies (Integrated Local Development Companies &Údarás na Gaeltacht ), who manage the Scheme at a local level on behalf of my Department, rather than on a single county basis.