Written Answers Nos. 651-673
651. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the animal welfare measures taken by Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2019 and to date in 2020; the monitoring mechanisms of same in place by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44526/20]
View answerRásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
RCÉ, as part of its Strategic Plan 2018-2022, has, as a clear objective, the maintaining of animal welfare at the centre of the industry. Measures taken in 2019 and 2020 under RCÉ’s overall care and welfare programme include:
- The opening of the first Care Centre in Thurles in July 2020 which will act as a half-way house between the end of a racing career and the placing of the greyhound in its ‘forever home’. The centre will allow greyhounds to be socialised and for interested parties to consider the fostering or adoption of a greyhound in such a setting.
- The implementation of an extensive rehoming programme with 1470 greyhounds rehomed in 2020 to end November with assistance from the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust, an entity established by RCÉ.
- The introduction of a financial incentive for all domestic rehomings to encourage further rehoming in Ireland.
- The implementation of a Foster-to-Adopt Scheme.
- The operation of an Injuries at Track Financial Support Scheme whereby funding is available to address injuries sustained to racing greyhounds to ensure that they can be retired from greyhound racing.
- The establishing of a confidential phone line/email through which any welfare issues can be reported on a 24/7 basis. All reports are fully investigated by RCÉ welfare staff.
- The utilisation of the Exclusion Order process whereby a party can be excluded from being on a greyhound racing track.
- The updating of the Code of Practice for the Care and Welfare of the Greyhound which has been the subject of a public consultation process. The Code is provided for under Section 6 of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011.
- The continuing of an intense testing regime both at race events and through out of competition testing. The urine sampling regime has been expanded in 2020 to also cover blood sampling on a periodic basis . Work is also underway in terms of the necessary protocols to implement further enhancements of the testing regime through hair sampling.
- RCÉ implemented a COVID-19 Care Payment Scheme during the period of suspension of racing activity from March to June 2020. Some €998,000 was paid under the scheme to ensure that the welfare needs of the racing greyhound were met during a period when racing activity was suspended.
RCÉ also provides veterinary services at all tracks and has a welfare team engaged on a wide ranging and extensive inspections programme.
In addition, as part of the conditions attached to the allocation of the Horse & Greyhound Racing Fund, RCÉ is obliged to commit 10% of the fund towards welfare and integrity measures. This includes measures in relation to regulation, testing, laboratory and other aspects of activity that will improve the welfare and integrity approach of RCÉ.
My Department officials have regular ongoing engagement with RCÉ in relation to the implementation of programmes from a regulatory, integrity and care and welfare perspective. There are regular liaison meetings which are held between my Department and senior executives of RCÉ, the last such meeting was held on 6th October 2020.
652. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken by his Department and Greyhound Racing Ireland to address greyhound culling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44527/20]
View answerRásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
RCÉ, as part of the modernising of the legislative framework governing the greyhound industry, will be introducing a traceability system in relation to racing greyhounds. The system is provided for on a statutory basis under the Greyhound Racing Act, 2019. RCÉ tendered for a traceability system earlier this year and work has been ongoing with the appointed contractor. RCÉ expects to have the system operational by year end.
Regulations will be advanced in 2021 to underpin the system and ensure enforcement of the provisions for traceability. The traceability system will provide for the recording of important life events in the life of the racing greyhound including birth, microchipping, registration, racing career, changes of ownership/trainer, location, export, retirement and end of life.
RCÉ’s Code of Practice for the Care & Welfare of the Greyhound, prepared in accordance with Section 6 of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 specifies ‘euthanasia must only be performed by a registered veterinary practitioner unless on exceptional grounds. The owner must obtain a death certificate appropriately stamped and signed by the registered veterinary practitioner’. Public consultation on the updated Code of Practice has recently concluded.
RCÉ also operates a 24/7 confidential phone/email line for reporting of any care and welfare issues relating to greyhounds. Any reports of inappropriate behaviour will be followed up by RCÉ’s Welfare Officers.
653. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the mandatory installation of CCTV in meat processing plants with a view to ensuring animal health and welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44528/20]
View answerAll slaughter plants, whose meat is destined for human consumption, must meet the requirements set out in detailed EU regulations relating to food safety and animal health and welfare. Installation of CCTV at slaughter establishments is not a mandatory regulatory requirement.
My Department has a permanent veterinary presence in each of the slaughter plants under its supervision and Department staff carry out regular checks as part of official regulatory controls. My Department continues to keep the issue regarding CCTV at slaughter plants under review.
654. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget measures introduced as part of budget 2021 to support suckler farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/20]
View answerThe budget measures announced under Budget 2021 to support suckler farmers build directly on the schemes established in recent years. The core support for the beef sector under the current RDP is the €300m Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP). In addition to this support, over the last two years, over €200 million of additional supports were made available specifically to the beef sector, including the BEAM, since 2019, the Beef Finishers Payment this year and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP/S) schemes. It is important to note that supports targeted at beef finishers also support suckler farmers through the weanling selling season.
The objective of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP), which was piloted in 2019, was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance supporting decision making on farm. The 2019 budget allocated a total of €20 million for BEEP. A total of 16,556 farmers participated in the pilot with payments totalling €15.4m. Building on the success of the BEEP pilot of 2019, its successor BEEP-S of 2020 included optional animal health and welfare measures and provided payments of over €40 million to over 24,000 beef farmers.
In Budget 2021, €85 million has been allocated for specific supports for sustainable beef farming. This includes over €40 million for the extension of the BDGP during the transition period before the next CAP. This scheme is a significant support for participating farmers, as well as having delivered measurable improvements in the economic and environmental performance of the suckler herd as a whole. An optional extension will be offered to all those who have met the requirements of the scheme, and who commit to maintaining those requirements.
The remaining €45 million has been allocated for the Beef Sector Efficiency Pilot. This scheme will build on the success of the BEEP-S scheme this year, aiming to improve the weaning efficiency of suckler cows and calves by recording weights, and also optional animal health and welfare measures. This provides for a maximum payment per suckler cow/calf pair of €90 per head for the first 10 suckler cows, and €80 thereafter. The 2021 scheme will also contain €5 million for a new calf weighing measure to support beef farmers rearing dairy beef calves.
Separately, and for the first time, I secured €6m in order to promote and market Irish suckler beef abroad. This is an exciting initiative that I hope will further support the sector.
655. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the Irish seed potato sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/20]
View answer656. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the Irish seed potato sector post Brexit should the import of seed potato from the UK no longer be possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44531/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together.
Under EU legislation, Ireland is one of a small number of areas within the EU officially recognised as a High-Grade Seed Area to produce seed potatoes. This is because the country is free from a number of significant potato diseases that occur in other Member States.
My Department supports the Irish Seed potato sector by providing funding to Teagasc who carry out a very successful potato breeding programme. It further supports the seed potato sector through the production of High Grade seed material at my Department's facility in Co. Donegal. A nationwide seed certification team is in place to ensure the production of high-grade seed with the capability to deliver on additional acreage and laboratory capacity, if required.
The certification scheme includes soil and tuber sampling and testing for pest and disease control. This high quality disease-free seed is made available to the industry for further multiplication and supply to commercial growers and for export. Post-Brexit, there will be significant opportunities to increase the production and supply of Irish grown seed potatoes to replace UK imports.
My Department also participates in the Potato Development Group, which has representation from Bord Bia, Teagasc and the IFA and is actively investigating future markets for Irish potatoes and, in particular, the great opportunities presented in the coming years for import substitution on the fresh chipping markets. As part of the work of this group, Bord Bia has produced a video promoting the use of Irish grown potatoes for the fresh chipping market. Recent consumer data shows that the potato market has grown in recent years in value terms. It is hoped that these gains will be sustained and increased with the jointly-funded industry and EU potato promotional scheme which has a total committed spend of nearly €2 million over a three year period.
657. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has had in the development of the national marine planning framework; the consideration given to the inclusion of fisheries and aquaculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44532/20]
View answerThe National Marine Planning Framework (Marine Spatial Plan) is currently being developed by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and my Department participates on the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Plan.
In relation to aquaculture, the aquaculture licensing backlog in respect of shellfish aquaculture has now been eliminated as an issue affecting the industry. In the case of finfish, measures have already commenced to reduce this backlog and these measures have intensified significantly in 2020. Following very extensive work designed to reform the operation of the current licensing system, the system as it currently stands is operating effectively and efficiently. It is currently acting to facilitate the development of the aquaculture industry while also protecting the marine environment.
My Department will continue to actively engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as the National Marine Planning Framework develops.
658. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date by which it is intended to have all farmed mink in Ireland culled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44533/20]
View answer659. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of mink intended to be culled in relation to Covid-19. [44534/20]
View answer660. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which it is intended to cull mink; the persons or bodies that will carry out the cull; the persons or bodies that will supervise them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/20]
View answer661. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mink have been culled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44536/20]
View answer662. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons or bodies that will be responsible for culled mink carcases; the way in which they will be disposed of; the persons or bodies that will supervise their disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44537/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 658 to 662, inclusive, together.
My Department continues to engage with the farm operators in order to manage the next steps in this process.
From a public health risk management perspective, my Department has conducted testing on mink on all three farms, with the most recent tests on 7th December. All tests were negative for Covid 19.
663. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason mussels and salmon landed in ports are not included in Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, landing figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44566/20]
View answerThe monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are law enforcement matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational matters are exclusively the responsibility of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. Under the Act, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters in relation to sea fisheries control.
The information requested by the Deputy comes within the remit of the SFPA and I have referred the query to them for direct written response to the Deputy.
664. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number waiting and the average waiting times to avail of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44588/20]
View answerThe TAMS II scheme operates on a rolling tranche-by-tranche basis. While the Deputy asked for data on a county basis, it must be remembered that TAMS II is a national scheme that operates countrywide. The application and closing dates are the same for every applicant irrespective of which county they are in.
To date, over 45,500 applications have been received and 34,500 of those have been approved to proceed. Tranche 19 closed on 13th November 2020. 3,224 new applications were received under this tranche and these applications, together with the 1,086 applications rolled over from tranche 18, will undergo the ranking and selection process shortly.
If an application is unsuccessful at ranking and selection, it is automatically rolled over in to the next tranche. Due to the TAMS tranche based system, an application received at the beginning of a tranche cannot be considered for approval until after the tranche is closed, at which stage all of the applications are passed through the ranking and selection process.
It should also be noted that TAMS payment applications may require additional supporting documentation or clarification after submission and this will extend the length of time between a payment application being received and paid. The average length of time between payment claim submission and approval is 56 days.
Payments under TAMS II have now exceeded €248m in respect of over 18,000 payment claims and continue to issue at an average rate of €1.4m per week.
665. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the stability fund application by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44200/20]
View answerThe Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach.
The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering critical front-line services to the most at need in our society and in danger of imminent closure due to lost fund-raised or traded income as a direct result of restrictions to counter the spread of COVID-19. The criteria of the scheme stated that any grants awarded would be dependent on the need identified and organisations approved for funding were prioritised on that basis.
This fund is providing up to €45million of funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) and the criteria align with DAF objectives to support:
1. The personal and social development of persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged; or
2. The educational development of persons who are educationally disadvantaged; or
3. Persons with a disability.
My Department received 1,060 applications during the application periods. To date, funding of €31,370,238 has been allocated to 598 organisations. On 11 December I was pleased to announce that a further €13,436,742 top-up has been allocated to 574 of those organisations as a result of the €10m announcement in Budget 2021 and the remaining balance of the initial €35M.
I can confirm that an initial grant of €177,838 was allocated to the organisation in question in October. In addition, the organisation in question, in recent days, was also allocated a top up grant of €80,472 to bring the total grant amount awarded to the organisation to €258,310.
Lists of successful applicants are available on my Department’s website at https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3957e-covid-19-stability-fund-successful-applicants/
666. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide a new library at Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44515/20]
View answerThe delivery of public library services, including the provision of library premises, is a matter for each local authority in accordance with the Local Government Act 2001. Accordingly, the delivery of library services in Ballybay and the surrounding areas is a matter generally for Monaghan County Council.
My Department funds a Libraries Capital Programme which is currently fully committed but, should Monaghan County Council wish to submit a proposal for a new library in Ballybay, it will be progressed through the Department’s Four Stage Capital Management process and will be considered for support should additional capital funding become available. Alternatively Monaghan County Council could consider apply for funding under my Department's Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF).
In March of this year my Department approved funding of up to €95,250 for the provision of the My Open Library service and associated upgrades to facilities in Ballybay Library. Monaghan County Council subsequently withdrew their application for the funding but it remains available to them should they choose to avail of it in 2021.
My Department has also approved €1m in funding for the construction of a new library in Monaghan Town, of which €696,668 has been paid to date, and more recently a further €100,000 has been approved for the refurbishment of Clones Library under the Libraries Small Scale Capital Works Programme. In addition, earlier this year my Department approved funding of €16,095 for the provision of sensory facilities and equipment in Clones and Carrickmacross Libraries and €16,044 for library support programmes for marginalised, socially excluded and disadvantaged communities across County Monaghan.
667. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding being allocated for the LEADER programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43593/20]
View answerThe total allocation for the LEADER programme for 2021 is €44 million. This is an increase of €4 million on the 2020 allocation.
I can confirm that this allocation will be used to fund a combination of existing projects as they come to completion, as well as for new projects to be approved under the Transitional LEADER Programme, which I announced yesterday.
The funding will also support the administration costs of Local Action Groups (LAGs) and their Implementing Partners who deliver the programme locally, in closing out the existing programme and delivering the Transitional Programme.
It is important to recognise that LEADER is a multi-annual programme and that payments in respect of projects which are approved in any given year are generally not drawn down until subsequent years as the projects are completed. Therefore, costs related to projects under the Transitional Programme are likely to be met from the provision in my Department’s Vote in 2022 and 2023, as well as in 2021.
Full details of the Transitional LEADER Programme have been notified to the LAGs and are available on my Department’s pages of the Gov.ie website.
668. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in south western areas of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43594/20]
View answerBroadband Connection Points (BCPs) are among the first deliverables of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) and will provide high-speed broadband connectivity to publicly accessible sites in rural and isolated areas of the country, including a number of our off-shore islands.
These sites will be provided with a temporary wireless connection by National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company contracted to deliver the NBP. This connection will remain in situ until the sites have been given a permanent connection under the NBP.
Potential BCP sites are identified by the Local Authorities and are then assessed for suitability. Site identification is a continuous and ongoing process. If there are sites that could be considered for inclusion, they should be bought to the attention of the Local Authority Broadband Officer in the first instance.
Accepted sites are provided with the initial connectivity by NBI and are then passed to Vodafone Ireland to install their equipment to provide broadband services to the site.
As of 10 December 2020, 162 sites had the initial connection established by NBI, and 133 of these had been passed to Vodafone for installation. Vodafone had installed their equipment at 113 of these sites up to last Thursday and are continuing with their installations.
There are 18 BCPs planned for Cork, 7 of which are now operational. Details are provided on the table below.
It is my intention to have approximately 300 public access BCPs live and operational in early 2021. The locations and contact details for all live BCPs can be found at https://nbi.ie/broadband-connection-points/
Table 1 - BCPs planned for Co. Cork
|
Site Name |
EIRCODE |
County |
Installed |
|
Ballindangan Community Centre |
P67W562 |
CORK |
Y |
|
GLASH COMMUNITY CENTRE, |
P51W024 |
CORK |
|
|
BALLYDALY COMMUNITY HALL |
P51DP95 |
CORK |
|
|
AGHABULLOGUE COMMUNITY CENTRE |
P12CD51 |
CORK |
Y |
|
CASTLETOWNKENNEIGH COMMUNITY CENTRE |
P47YR96 |
CORK |
Y |
|
Aubane Community Centre |
P51EP49 |
CORK |
|
|
MEALAGH VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE |
P75K253 |
CORK |
|
|
BERE ISLAND HERITAGE CENTRE |
P75W660 |
CORK |
Y |
|
SHERKIN ISLAND COMMUNITY HALL |
P81AE02 |
CORK |
|
|
Coláiste Phobal Cléire |
P81P627 |
CORK |
|
|
Lissavard Community Centre |
P85W840 |
CORK |
Y |
|
WHITECHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE |
T34RR58 |
CORK |
Y |
|
Laharn Heritage Centre |
P51FK44 |
CORK |
|
|
COURTBRACK COMMUNITY CENTRE |
T23NH22 |
CORK |
|
|
T.O. PARK LABBAMOLLAGA |
V35E895 |
CORK |
Y |
|
Inch Community Centre |
P36RC43 |
CORK |
|
|
CLOGAGH COMMUNITY HALL |
P72KF65 |
CORK |
|
|
The Old Mill |
P51 F9PX |
CORK |
671. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a local community organisation can avail of grant funding to convert a premises in the village of Moyne, County Tipperary, into a community co-operative shop; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44265/20]
View answerFunding may be available through the LEADER Programme for the type of project referred to by the Deputy.
LEADER is a multi-annual programme covering the period 2014-2020 which is delivered through Local Action Groups (LAGs) in each of the 28 LEADER sub-regional areas around the country. To date, over 3,700 core projects have been approved under the current programme, for funding in excess of €149 million.
LEADER funding is provided under a broad range of themes, including Economic Development, Enterprise Development and Job Creation; Social Inclusion; and Rural Environment. Community groups and rural-based businesses can apply for funding under these themes.
In order for a project to be eligible for LEADER funding, it must be compatible with the actions outlined in the approved Local Development Strategy for the relevant LEADER area, and it must comply with the Operating Rules and EU Regulations in place for the programme.
The decision to approve a project, or otherwise, is a matter for the LAG which administers the programme in each LEADER area. Interested applicants should, in the first instance, contact the relevant LAG through its Implementing Partner to discuss the eligibility of the project and the funding that may be available.
The list of all Local Action Groups, their Implementing Partners and their contact details, is available on my Department's website at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c45498-local-action-groups.
While project approvals under the current LEADER programme were due to be completed by the end of this month, I have extended the period for approvals to the end of March 2021. I also announced details yesterday of a new Transitional LEADER Programme which will commence from 1 April 2021.
672. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will respond to queries raised (details supplied) in respect of the local company development perspective application for Covid stability funding; and if she will seek urgent clarification for the NGO. [44279/20]
View answerThe Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach.
The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering critical front-line services to the most at need in our society and in danger of imminent closure due to lost fund-raised or traded income as a direct result of restrictions to counter the spread of COVID-19. The criteria of the scheme stated that any grants awarded would be dependent on the need identified and organisations approved for funding were prioritised on that basis.
In this context it was considered that organisations that receive 80%, or more, of their funding from State sources are considered to have had a significant and stable source of income over the period under consideration, as the State has continued to provide that funding.
On the basis of the information provided by the organisation in question in their application to the Stability Fund, it was evident that organisation is in receipt of more than 80% of its funding from State sources and regretfully, it has not been awarded funding under the COVID Stability Scheme.
Unsuccessful applicants were offered leave to appeal and I can confirm that the organisation in question did engage with that process. All appeals are considered by an independent appeals panel and following further interaction with the applicant as part of that process the final decision of the appeals panel was notified to the applicant on the 9th November.
Following further correspondence the outcome of the appeal was explained in detail to the applicant by way of emails on the 11th and 27th of November and most recently on the 11th of December. The decision of the Appeals Review panel is final.
673. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a source of fundraising will be available to non-local authority community centres in early 2021 due to Covid-19 impacting on their own fundraising via draws and collections and so on. [44458/20]
View answerI understand that 2020 has been a very difficult year for fundraising across the community and voluntary sectors. My Department has been at the forefront of providing supports to community organisations to help them through this time.
A €50 million support package for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Charities and Social Enterprises was launched by Government and is administered by my Department. This funding was made available from the Dormant Accounts Fund and consists of the COVID 19 Stability Fund and the Innovate Together Fund.
My Department also funds the Community Enhancement Programme. The 2020 programme was launched in June with funding of €2m providing small capital grants to community organisations towards enhancing facilities. Separately, under the July stimulus package my Department launched a €5m fund for repairs or upgrades to community centres and community buildings. While both these programmes have recently closed it is hoped to run the CEP programme again in 2021.
More recently my Department launched a €1.7m COVID-19 Emergency Fund, which community and voluntary groups can apply for by contacting the Local Community Development Committee or Local Authority in their area. This follows on from a previous €2.5m round of this fund.
More generally, depending on the activities carried out in the facility, there may be different types of funding available from a range of Government Departments and agencies. I recommend that community organisations engage with both the Local Community Development Committee and the Local Development Company in their area for any updates in this regard.
