Debate contribution: Community Infrastructure Fund
Debate contribution by Mr Gordon Lyons on .
- MLA
- Mr Gordon Lyons
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 15 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Community Infrastructure Fund
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5614201
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I have been very pleased with the response to the Northern Ireland community infrastructure fund. It was oversubscribed, which tells you a little bit about how much demand is out there in all parts of Northern Ireland for that fund. It is also a positive example of how two Departments can work together to deliver for communities across Northern Ireland. I am pleased to inform the Member that 521 applicants made it through to stage 2 of the process, and 243 community facilities were successful with funding. Moving forward, I am now working at pace to launch that as a baseline scheme. I welcome Mr Buchanan's continued support for that as well. It is another opportunity for us to highlight the importance of the community and voluntary sector and the work that it does every single day in facilities across Northern Ireland. Oftentimes, those facilities are not up to scratch. They are not as they should be. The fund goes some way to allowing those organisations to continue their work and, in some cases, to expand their work even further. That is good use of public money and good collaboration between Departments. We need to see that continue.
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