Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 April 2023
97. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the counties which benefited from the CLÁR small scale rural projects in the past year; and the amount of funding allocated to each county. [19223/23]
View answerThe CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period.
Since the CLÁR Programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. Funding of over €57 million has been approved for almost 2,100 projects since its relaunch.
I launched CLÁR 2023 on 29 March 2023 and the measures to be funded are:
• Developing Community Facilities and Amenities (Measure 1)
• Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport (Measure 2)
• ‘Our Islands’ (Measure 3)
Under the CLÁR 2022 programme, funding of over €12 million was approved for almost 300 projects. Please find the breakdown per county below;
|
County |
Total No of Projects Approved |
Total Amount |
|
Carlow |
3 |
€86,983.20 |
|
Cavan |
14 |
€616,057.78 |
|
Clare |
14 |
€679,222.46 |
|
Cork |
19 |
€895,982.00 |
|
Donegal |
23 |
€943,046.47 |
|
Galway |
23 |
€1,063,583.18 |
|
Kerry |
18 |
€812,863.55 |
|
Kilkenny |
12 |
€420,207.04 |
|
Laois |
11 |
€444,105.00 |
|
Leitrim |
14 |
€524,105.70 |
|
Limerick |
12 |
€408,289.00 |
|
Longford |
16 |
€580,140.16 |
|
Louth |
3 |
€109,427.40 |
|
Mayo |
19 |
€822,631.01 |
|
Meath |
10 |
€378,088.00 |
|
Monaghan |
18 |
€784,362.20 |
|
Offaly |
4 |
€188,693.00 |
|
Roscommon |
13 |
€542,554.04 |
|
Sligo |
11 |
€457,849.00 |
|
Tipperary |
15 |
€635,276.00 |
|
Waterford |
7 |
€279,500.00 |
|
Westmeath |
8 |
€336,200.00 |
|
Wicklow |
5 |
€169,200.00 |
|
Total |
292 |
€12,178,366 |
