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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Emma Murtagh, senior EU programmes manager for The Wheel, and Mr. Ivan Cooper, CEO of The Wheel. The Wheel is the national association of charities, community groups and social enterprises. It provides leadership to the charity and community sector and advocates on behalf of its members. It also offers advice, training and other opportunities to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Thank you very much. I now invite Mr. Connolly to make his opening statement on behalf of the regional assemblies and then we will take questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Mr. Connolly is close to having used up his time for an opening statement. If he has anything he can edit out on the examples side, I would appreciate it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: If Mr. Connolly would like to finish, he may do so, but we already have his statement in front of us. We have the examples.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I thank Mr. Connolly, including for truncating the end of the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I know the Deputy has to leave in a few minutes but I am going to open up the debate. Multiple people can give a couple of answers if they feel they want to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Does anybody else want to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Power. Does anybody else want to come in? No. In that case I will move on to Deputy Howlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Before I let our guests back in I wish to comment on something Deputy Howlin just said. For sports capital, my local authority area put a programme in place where officers of the council met all the organisations and the failure of application rate went down. About 20% were failing and that went down to about 1%. That was just by something that is effectively what Deputy Howlin is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Does anyone want to come in on the split between regional assemblies and local authorities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: The cost of an application has been referenced two or three times now. What is the rough cost of an application, if there is such a thing as a rough cost? In his reply to Deputy Howlin, Mr. Murphy mentioned that, if an application was not successful, the cost was prohibitively high. Could the witnesses give us an indication of what they are talking about when they mention those costs? Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I call Senator Keogan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: The Senator may have been in and out to another committee but I know she has done Trojan work on this. One of the main reasons that we are having our session today is to acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: What about the split between the draw downs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: Before we conclude, I have one or two comments to make. Fundamentally, one of the reasons this problem, which we have been talking about, skirting around and going around in circles on, exists is an ideological problem. There is a belief across European institutions and sections of the Irish Government that somehow or other funding the cost and expenses of someone to deliver a project is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to bus transport for children at schools (details supplied) in Dublin South-West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45251/23]