Child Centre committee 'delighted and relieved'

'More than ready to proceed with the project'The Board of Directors, Staff and all supporters of the project to bring a purpose-built Community Childcare Centre to Kilcullen are delighted and relieved at the news that the Departmental embargo on Leader funding has been temporarily lifted throughout the country for projects ‘in queue’, writes Iseult O'Donoghue.

We were very disheartened to have brought the project so close to completion for such an unforeseen and sweeping obstacle to have stalled progress. Fortunately, and thanks to the tireless work of our dedicated committee and supporters, we are in a position to benefit from the lifting of the embargo as we are more than ready to proceed with the project.

We expect that Kildare County Leader Partnership will formally approve the project application at its meeting next Tuesday evening. From there the application will be subjected to Ministerial review in the Department of the Environment. It may take up to six weeks for this review to take place but, again, we are confident that the funding for this valuable project will be granted.

We’d like to thank our local representatives Ivan Keatley and Mark Wall and, of course, Marin Heydon TD for their support and encouragement over the past few stressful weeks and throughout the entire project. We would especially like to thank the staff, parents and supporters in the Playgroup and committee for their encouragement and faith in the project – we’re just asking people to keep their fingers crossed for a little longer … we promise!

KCCEC will be holding a Summer draw with fantastic prizes so if you’d like to show your support for the project we’re asking people to help sell tickets – please see our website for details.