The RAPID – revitalising areas by planning, investment and development – programme targets the most concentrated areas of disadvantage in the State by ensuring that priority attention is given to these areas by Government Departments and State agencies dealing with disadvantage and local development in the widest sense. The RAPID programme has selected 25 target areas in cities and towns and, in addition, 20 towns for priority investment and frontloading of funding under the National Development Plan 2000-06. While no dedicated Departmental financial allocations have been made to provide potential funding for proposals received under the RAPID programme as such, particular priority is given to RAPID proposals which fall within the functional areas financed under the national development plan. My Department decides on approving funding for RAPID proposals within the context of existing allocations across Votes under my Department's remit. Funding of €3,507,360 has been approved by my Department under the equal opportunities child care programme for child care proposals submitted under the RAPID Programme. The details are as set out in the following table.