€1.6M investment for community centres in Cavan Monaghan

The funding will assist with necessary works.

€1.6M in funding has been allocated to community centers across the Cavan/Monaghan Constituency. Local Fianna Fáil TD, Deputy Brendan Smith says the allocations will afford voluntary groups to carry out renovations, improve accessibility and also undertake energy upgrades.” community centres are a pivotal resource in local communities and are extensively used by many groups within local parishes,” added Deputy Smith.

“These centres are particularly important as an amenity for recreational and social activity. Oftentimes they facilitate statutory organisations providing services at local level. There is substantial upkeep costs on an ongoing basis for these amenities and it is important that some government assistance is available to help with upgrading and enhancement works.”

Deputy Smith went on to compliment all the groups who submitted successful applications and I commended what he described as “the many individuals in every community” who work hard to ensure that there are good facilities at a local level to facilitate community engagement for all age groups.

“These centres need to be sustainable and have modern facilities and this fund will be extremely important in enabling such work to be undertaken by hard working committees,” he concluded.