Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the costings carried out on the programme for Government; and if she will provide documents on those costings. [14036/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of the Taoiseach facilitated the provision of briefing materials from Government Departments to parties engaged in Government formation discussions. I am aware that these briefing materials, including those provided by the Department of Rural and Community Development, have been published by the Department of the Taoiseach and are available at

There are a range of commitments in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future that relate to, or interact strongly with, rural and community development policy. These build on the progress to date in terms of our investment programmes for rural and community development and recent and emerging policy development work within both areas. It is fully recognised that further detailed consideration of measures, often in co-operation with other Government Departments and our external stakeholders, will be required as implementation of the programme progresses.