Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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2051.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a community centre in County Kerry (details supplied) will be permitted to use savings made on a 2022 community centre investment grant to renovate their toilets; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[35354/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Under the 2022 Community Centre Investment Fund, over €45.8 million was committed for improvement and refurbishment works on over 860 existing community centres across Ireland. In April, I approved funding of €30 million for the construction of 12 new community centres across nine counties.

In June this year, I was delighted to announce a further €20 million in funding to support our community groups to upgrade and refurbish the community facilities in their areas. The Community Centre Investment Fund 2024 will provide funding from €10,000 up to a maximum of €100,000 towards capital costs for the refurbishment of existing community centres. This allocation brings the total amount of funding announced to support the development of community centres to over €95 million since 2022. This is an unprecedented level of investment in our community centres.

While the use of savings would not be a standard approach in such schemes, I understand that the group referred to by the Deputy are currently reviewing their final costs and will submit their proposal in the coming days. I have asked my officials to review this request as soon as the the exact details are known.