By Dan Walsh
The Cumas Centre at Butlersland Industrial Estate in New Ross is to benefit from the provision of €140,000 as part of core funding from 2024 onwards.
Cllr Michael Sheehan told WexfordLocal.com that he and Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth were acutely aware that this funding, which was approved as a one-off payment for 2023 earlier this year, will give Cumas additional capacity in facing challenges related to their services.”
Fianna Fáil representative for the New Ross Municipal District, Cllr Sheehan, who is also a serving Board Member for the Cumas Centre, said; “Significantly, Minister Rabbitte and I recognised the benefits of Cumas’s special project in assisting school leavers to secure post-school placements appropriate to their needs and level of dependency.
“With Pobal’s support for the project coming to an end, I’m delighted to confirm that the HSE will now agree the details related to the core establishment of the Cumas New Ross School Leaver Programme. The HSE core funding will amount to €250,000 every year,” concluded Cllr Sheehan.
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