Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been in discussions on a number of occasions with the college authority in question   in relation to its plans to upgrade the property, which is recognised as one of seven residential summer colleges for the purposes of funding under the Department's Scéim na bhFoghlaoimeoirí Gaeilge.

I understand that on foot of these discussions the college authority was considering submitting a business plan and formal application for capital funding under the Department's  Community and Language Supports Programme. I also understand that the college authority was in communication with a number of other potential funding sources.

While my Department has not received a funding application to date, the Deputy may be assured that any such application for assistance under the aformementioned programme - encompassing a business plan which aligns with the requirements set out in the Public Spending Code - will receive careful consideration in the context of competing priorities and available resources.

The Deputy may also be assured that my officials remain available to the college authority in order to offer further guidance and advice in the matter, should such be required.