Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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1349. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be sourced for a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim which provides essential community services to older persons and which has had a cut of almost 50% of its funding through Pobal. [15286/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model.  Some 400 organisations are supported under the CSP, with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions.

The organisation in question has been awarded a one-year grant agreement to end-December 2018 and may resubmit a revised business plan to Pobal as part of the re-contracting process for 2019-2020. The business plan, which must be submitted by end-June 2018, can include a business case for increased support from January 2019 to December 2020. A decision on funding for 2019-2020 will be taken towards the end of this year.

In the meantime, the organisation might contact the relevant local development company, which may be able to advise on alternative sources for funding for the organisation.