Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total allocation to Pobal from the local community development programme budget; the amount of funding from said programme due to Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta; when is it expected that the allocation to Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41156/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, Pobal administers the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) on behalf of my Department. The overall budget for the Programme in 2010 is €67.5 million. Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), one of the 52 companies which deliver the LCDP across the country, has been allocated €1,873,974 under the Programme for this year.

Funds under the LCDP are released from Pobal on receipt of appropriate documentation, including financial reports. To date, Pobal has advanced €1,340,340 of the 2010 allocation to MFG. I understand that Pobal is awaiting a report from the company in relation to the balance of the 2010 funding and, in the circumstances, it is not possible to give a definitive date as to when further funding will be released to them.