Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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902. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 24 March 2015, the amount of money transferred from the Vote of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to her Department for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 December 2015; her views on making a further funding announcement in order to match the annual core funding allocation in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14078/15]

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 24 March 2015, I am advised that the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government is providing funding for the community groups on the relevant non-Gaeltacht islands up to 13 May 2015. A sum of €300,000 will be transferred to my Department for these purposes for the period to end-2015 and arrangements to that end are in hand. As stated in my previous reply, this funding will assist with the development and delivery of services for these non-Gaeltacht islands and my Department will seek to enhance this delivery into the future through engagement with the island communities. I am confident that there will not be any significant diminution in the level of service provided on these islands.