Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2010
75 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if supports are available for skateboard parks in view of the importance of such facilities for communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19002/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are no programmes or schemes within my Department's remit that specifically provide funding for skateboard parks.
However, the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 has funding of €425m available to be allocated to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate cultural and leisure facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them and, in principle, it is possible that skateboard parks could be eligible under the RDP.
There are 36 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these Groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the individual Group's local development strategy and in line with my Department's operating rules and EU regulations.
