Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2015
190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allocating funding of €26,000 to allow a project (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to continue employing a co-ordinator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraRathmines Pembroke Community Partnership provided funding to the project in question under my Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP). The LCDP concluded on 31 March 2015 and the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) was rolled out across communities on 1 April 2015.
In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice, good practice internationally and in order to ensure the optimum delivery of services to clients, SICAP was subject to a public procurement process. Tenderers have now been informed of the outcome of their tender and Local and Community Development Committees (LCDCs) have finalised contracts with the winning tenderers.
Rathmines Pembroke Community Partnership was unsuccessful in its tender to deliver the SICAP in the Canal/Rathmines/Pembroke Lot area, and I am advised that as a result the company is no longer in a position to continue managing the project referred to.
As SICAP will be overseen and managed by the new LCDCs in each Local Authority area, the configuration of delivery bodies/delivery arrangements for the Dublin City area for local and community programmes is a matter for the LCDC of Dublin City Council to consider in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, commensurate with service needs. Pobal, on behalf of my Department, is engaging with Dublin City Council and the relevant LCDC on service delivery issues arising in the Dublin City area.
