Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2009
423 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make available the balance of funding to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22, to which a grant was promised in October 2008, to allow for two projects to proceed at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/09]
View answerThe RAPID programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within designated RAPID areas nationally. Applications for the two projects referred to by the Deputy were submitted for consideration under the RAPID Health Sector Co-Fund. The lead agency in relation to the projects referred to in the Deputy's question is the HSE.
One of the projects referred to by the Deputy, the provision of a bus, has already been funded under RAPID. A decision on the second application will be made in due course, subject to funding being available.
