Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding under strand 2 of the Dormant Accounts Fund 2010 to an organisation (details supplied) to provide a specialised mobile youth cafe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28947/10]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding under Strand 1 of the Dormant Accounts Fund 2010 to refurbish existing youth cafe facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28948/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 110 together.

The youth café funding scheme is being administered by POBAL on behalf of my office. Applications for the scheme are now closed and a short-list of applicants has been prepared for further detailed consideration by POBAL. The short-listing of applications was carried out by local city and county development boards, in accordance with the terms of the scheme. The boards made their decisions based on the official criteria and appraisal of application guidelines. A copy of these guidelines was supplied to all applicants. In arriving at their final decisions in relation to the short-listing of applications, the boards also based their decisions on local knowledge and expertise.

At the preselection stage, applicants can approach their local city or county development board to find out whether they have been short listed for the next stage of the scheme.

Announcements in relation to the next stage of the scheme will be made later in the year once the short-listed applications have been examined.