Received 13 March 2024
Decided 25 March 2024
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI-0163-2024
Requester Type Other
Department of Children, Disability and Equality

According to the Roscommon Integrated Development company t/a Roscommon Leader Partnership (RIDC) account for 2019 they received a sum of €200,000 from the Department of Justice for the construction of a log cabin childcare facility called The Growing Tree in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. I would like to know how this €200,000 was spent. In other words, who did the RIDC pay and for what services that accounts for the full amount? The original grant awarded was for €400,000 for the period of 01/08/2019 to 31/12/2021, however, the log cabin childcare facility has not been constructed, nor has any other build or any other building being renovated for use as a childcare facility.The RIDC accounts for 2019 can be found online with the information above outlined on the last page: https://www.rosleaderpartnership.ie/docstore/dls/pages_list/rlp-signed-audited- accounts-2019-349.pdf