Ryan welcomes Greens commitment to protecting RAPID Programme.
Issued : Sunday 11 October, 2009
Areas : Clonmel
Labour Cllr. Darren Ryan and Chairperson of Clonmel RAPID Programme has welcomed the commitment by the Green Party to continue to develop the RAPID Programme in their recent negotiations in the Programme for government. (“Continue to develop the RAPID Programme that is giving local communities
in the most disadvantaged urban areas a real voice for change for the better in
their own communities.”) Extract from programme.
As I highlighted at recent meetings of Clonmel Borough Council & Sth Tipp County Council, the McCarthy Report recommended the scrapping of this programme and indeed the Dormant Account Programme. This has caused shock and worry to all involved in RAPID who both saw and felt the benefits of the programme and indeed the commitment it has given to the under resourced areas of our town.”
As Chair of the AIT in Clonmel I welcome the commitment and the foresight by the members of the Green Party to include the RAPID Programme in their agreement.
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Cllr. Darren Ryan, MCC.
0868414432.
