Vol. 449 No. 4
104 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a recent newspaper article stating that disabled people living in West Cork have been ignored by his Department under a recent access improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4022/95]
A once-off scheme of grants for the improvement of disabled persons' access to parks and other recreational open spaces was introduced in 1994 with an overall provision of £500,000. Applications were received for grants totalling £829,000 in respect of 135 eligible projects.
As the value of applications exceeded the funds available, grants were allocated last year to all eligible projects proposed by private voluntary groups and the balance was allocated among selected local authority projects. Allocations totalling £30,025 were made to projects in County Cork, two of which were local authority projects.
