Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of SICAP, social inclusion and community activation programme; and his plans to review the tendering process introduced in 2014. [8993/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The 2016 Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) Mid-Year and 2015 End-of-Year reports, are available on the Pobal website at the following links:

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These reports are compiled from the results of performance reviews carried out by the various Local Community Development Committees and the SICAP Programme Implementers on a twice yearly basis.

In addition to these reviews, my Department, in collaboration with Pobal and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), is undertaking a programme of evaluation of SICAP which commenced in late 2016. The programme is also subject to evaluation as a recipient of co-funding under the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020.

The method for establishing contracts for the new SICAP programme, commensurate with the legal requirements, compliance with the Public Spending Code and value for money considerations, is currently under consideration in my Department.