Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 642: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress regarding proposals to extend the RAPID designation from an area (details supplied) in Dublin 12 into another area; when he expects this decision to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14937/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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In order to ensure the continued relevance of the RAPID Programme, a review of RAPID area boundaries, including an analysis of data from Census 2006 across a range of socioeconomic and deprivation indicators, has been undertaken with the intention of allowing adjustments necessary to ensure that areas are appropriately targeting the most disadvantaged communities. Following the review, the Government approved the inclusion of five new towns in the RAPID Programme in May last - Ballina, Dungarvan, Enniscorthy, Mullingar and Rathkeale. The review also proposed changes to the boundaries of some of the other 46 RAPID areas, including Dublin 12. In this regard, each local Area Implementation Team was requested to examine the proposals and to either confirm their agreement or to make suggestions for amendments, based on their local knowledge. This work is continuing and a number of areas have requested amendments, which are currently being examined. I intend to bring proposals to Government regarding the boundary changes when this process is completed.