In the programme for Government, there are commitments on urban renewal specifically regarding under-used buildings and also commitments on town and village renewal. While we have heard different announcements on town and village renewal, they have not translated onto the ground in Macroom and other regional towns. On the main street in Macroom, there are now up to 50 vacant commercial units. The Taoiseach will have seen some of them himself as he walked the main street recently. We have lost five businesses, including a veterinarian, an electrical shop and others in recent months. It is of concern to people as they see more and more closed doors and the loss of services. Even the Briery Gap theatre has been closed for several years. The aim of the commitments in the programme for Government was to improve the living and working environment for people. When will those commitments translate into changes on the ground for people in Macroom and when will we see progress?

Is Deputy Stanley's question on the same matter?

No.

I was in Macroom last Friday and I was delighted to have a chance to visit the town again and to visit the Deputy in his office. It was good to see him serving his constituents as assiduously as he does every Friday. Our biggest commitment to Macroom is making progress on the Macroom-Ballyvourney bypass which will go to construction next year or, at the very latest, the first part of 2020. It was great to see the town looking so well and so busy and so many people who were there and happy to greet me. There is a problem of vacancy in the town. On Friday, the Minister for Community and Rural Development, Deputy Ring, and I will be in Westport where we will launch the €1 billion fund for rural regeneration and development. Applications for that fund will open in a few months and towns with a population of less than 10,000 will be able to bid for funding from that. I hope they will bring forward interesting ideas, particularly around turning old commercial premises into housing. As a result of the change in retail and it going online, there are real opportunities there. The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan, is providing €250,000 from her Department to help reopen the theatre. I appreciate the costs are much greater than that but if the local authority will contribute more, central Government is willing to consider that too.