Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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759. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any funding streams appropriate for a residents’ group to apply for funding roof repairs and large-scale building upgrades for a community centre (details supplied). [53294/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I acknowledge the importance of community centres such as the one referenced by the Deputy. My department's Community Centre Investment Fund provides funding for repairs, upgrades and enhancements of such community centres.

The Community Centre Investment Fund has provided approximately €110 million since 2022 for the enhancement and refurbishment of existing community centres and the construction of new centres.

I am committed to delivering further iterations of the scheme in the coming years in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government for this to become a permanent rolling fund. A decision in relation to the timing of further iterations and the measures to be included will be made in the context of the management of ongoing commitments under the fund and the annual budgetary process.

I would encourage organisations to check my Department’s website for information on funding opportunities and announcements.