Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30348/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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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. At the appraisal stage, final decisions on allocations of funding will be made based on those applications who most successfully meet the terms and criteria for the scheme. The scheme is a competitive one with each CDB asked to nominate the best projects in their respective area. As a result, only some of the short listed applications can be allocated funding at this final stage.