asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the powers under which the Department of Education support and fund a three year community workers' research project at Crossmaglen costing £45,000 annually and which was discussed at the May meeting of the Newry and Mourne District Council.

The Community Worker Research Project is to be funded by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland under the Recreation and Youth Service (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 as amended by the Community Relations (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 and by the Recrea- tion (Northern Ireland) Order 1975. The budget of £45,000 per annum for a period of three years will cover 10 individual projects, one of which is located in Crossmaglen.