Niall Collins
Question:291. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/23]
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My department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports over 420 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager.
Qualifying organisations must be social enterprises capable of generating income from their activities in order to meet the full salary costs of the supported posts, for example, from income received from the public use of facilities and services.
A new call for applications under the CSP Programme was launched on 6 March last. Two pre-application support workshops were provided to potential applicants to ensure organisations were fully equipped with the information that they needed to apply for this funding. Following these workshops, organisations were invited to submit a short concept note to Pobal, who administer the programme on behalf of my Department, outlining their proposal for assessment. The deadline for receipt of concept notes has passed.
I understand that the concept note from the organisation in question was not received by Pobal due to an incorrect email address being used. However, my Department has requested Pobal to review the content of the concept note. The organisation will be advised of the outcome of the assessment of their application in due course.