Bernard Durkan
Question:290. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51102/18]
View answerWednesday, 5 December 2018
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The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports around 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions (FTEs). Some €44m will be provided under the programme in 2018.
My Department recently carried out an early consultation on the scope of the CSP review with key stakeholders and CSP supported organisations . The scope is currently being finalised and we expect to be in a position to tender for a third party review body very shortly, with the formal review set to commence in February 2019.
The review will consider, among other things, how the programme fits with overall Government priorities as well as my Department’s other community programmes and policy objectives. The review will take approximately six months and will inform decisions on the future shape and structure of the programme.