Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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807. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will issue to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57988/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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All applications to the Community Centres Investment Fund are subject to a competitive assessment process based on the assessment criteria as set out in the fund guidelines.

Category 1 applicants were notified of the outcome of this process last month. Details of successful applicants are available on my department’s website at .

The group the Deputy refers to applied for Category 3 funding under the Community Centres Investment Fund. Due to the high level of applications to the fund, the appraisal process is currently ongoing for Category 2 and 3. I expect to announce details of successful applicants under both these categories shortly.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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808. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful applicants will receive funding from her Department under the recently announced community centres fund category one applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58070/22]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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809. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an organisation (details supplied) will receive its funding under category one of the community centres fund, as recently announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58071/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 808 and 809 together.

As the Deputy is aware I announced details of almost 600 successful projects to a value of over €12.5m under Category 1 of the Community Centres Investment Fund in October this year.

I can confirm that the group mentioned by the Deputy were successful in their application. All successful applicants should have received correspondence confirming their success under the fund and also advising them of the next steps required in order to drawdown funding.

If they have not received this correspondence or have some further queries, they should contact officials within my Department at CCIF@drcd.gov.ie.