Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Each area designated under the programme referred to by the Deputy has a local implementation structure, which draws up a plan based on the particular needs of the area so that available funding can be targeted at where it will do the most good in the community.

A co-ordinator has been in place in this case since January 2010 and I am advised that the inaugural meeting of the local implementation structure in the area referred to by the Deputy took place on 15 April 2010. From the amount of €250,000 allocated by my Department as "catch-up" funding for newly designated areas, the structure in the area in question identified and prioritised 8 projects, which were submitted to Pobal for assessment. These projects are currently being considered by my Department.