Bernard Allen
Ceist:56 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his Department will be providing funds for the Mahon Community Development Project in Cork in 1994; and if he will be giving a funding allocation of £50,000 as given in 1993.
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56 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his Department will be providing funds for the Mahon Community Development Project in Cork in 1994; and if he will be giving a funding allocation of £50,000 as given in 1993.
The Mahon Community Development Project is currently funded under the Department's Community Development Programme which I introduced in 1990. The programme provides financial assistance to projects for the staffing and equipping of local centres which provide a focal point for community development activities in an area. The projects encourage local community and voluntary groups to develop partnerships with each other and statutory agencies in the area with a view to tackling the problems faced by the community.