Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. CLÁR is an important scheme. We did quite well in County Clare in last year's allocations. We scored in Kilmaley, Quilty and O'Callaghans Mills under measure 1. That funding allocation means a lot to those communities. The school communities of Coore, Doolin, Drumandoora, Labasheeda and Rineen also benefited from funding. I compliment the Minister on allowing an appeal for the first time under the CLÁR grants last year with regard to measure 2 projects. Two schools in County Clare, Lisdoonvarna national school and Tubber national school were successful on appeal. They were able to draw down in the region of €50,000 each. I encourage the Minister to keep that appeals mechanism in place in the new round.

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