Programme Description:
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The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, one of the newest Departments of State, was established by Government in June 2002, with some 200 staff in 6 locations, mainly in Dublin and Na Forbacha, Co Galway.
The Department has specific responsibility for community and local development, including coordination of the National Drugs Strategy, volunteering, the Community Applications of Information Technology (CAIT) initiative, programmes for Revitalising Areas by Planning, Investment and Development (RAPID), and rural development, including Leader, CLÁR, Interreg, the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and the Western Development Commission. It also retains the responsibilities previously held by the former Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for both the Irish language and the Gaeltacht, and the development of the off-shore islands.
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