Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and nature of applications for grant aid from his Department by the various voluntary or community based groups throughout County Kildare in 2010; the extent to which this compares with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19333/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department operates a wide range of grant programmes and schemes and details of these are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. Some of the schemes are administered directly by my Department and others are administered on behalf of the Department by various bodies and groups, where applications for funding are submitted directly to the bodies/groups in question.

In relation to the applications administered directly by my Department, under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People (CSOP), 9 groups from County Kildare applied for funding in 2009 and all were approved for funding. 10 applications from groups in County Kildare for funding have also been received under the CSOP to date in 2010. 9 of these applications were successful and 1 is currently being assessed.

In 2009, 9 groups from County Kildare applied for funding under the programme of grants for locally-based community and voluntary organisations ("Once-off Grants") and 7 groups were approved for funding. No applications were received in 2010 and the scheme is currently closed to applications.

3 Community Development Projects in County Kildare were allocated funding under the Community Development Programme in 2009 and also under the new Local and Community Development Programme in 2010.

The Kildare Local Development Company, Cill Dara Ar Aghaigh Teo, was allocated €1.1 million for the delivery of the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) in 2009. It has been allocated funding of €0.98 million for delivery of the new Local and Community Development Programme in 2010.

It should be noted that applications for funding for drugs initiatives in County Kildare are made to the South West Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF).

Finally, for completeness, I wish to confirm to the Deputy that funding under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 is provided through integrated local development companies and that a total of €12.28 million has been indicatively approved for rural development purposes under this programme in County Kildare.