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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...communities over the lifetime of the policy. It supports a broad range of activities which aim to respond to the diversity of the local needs of our rural areas. Funding is focused on a thematic approach to rural development under the headings of Economic Development and Job Creation, Rural Infrastructure and Social Inclusion, Sustainable Development of the Rural Environment and Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in designated rural areas. This scheme has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...services and capital works.There are also a range of other smaller supports including the Walks Scheme, Connected Hubs and Broadband Connection Points. Key community development schemes include:Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP),Community Services Programme (CSP),Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF),Community Recognition Fund (CRF),Libraries Development,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in designated rural areas. This scheme has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (2 Jul 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...provided will improve and enhance the standard of living for persons in rural Ireland. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including Rural Infrastructure & Social Inclusion. Funding for playgrounds may be provided under this theme, and prospective applicants are advised to contact their Local Action Group in the first instance. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme, I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. This is the largest allocation under the scheme since it was reintroduced in 2016. The 2024 CLÁR programme was launched on 12 April last. There are three separate measures being funded this year. Measure 1 of the scheme will fund the development...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...mobile library vehicles. The previous Libraries Capital Programme invested approximately €29m to support 17 infrastructure projects, the My Open Library service and Small Scale Capital Works programme from 2016 to 2022. In May of this year I announced Rural Regeneration Development Funding of €164m in funding for 30 regeneration projects in rural towns and villages. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (9 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...x20ac;3 million for a new library in Swords, County Dublin. This is the successor to the previous libraries capital programme, which invested approximately €29 million and supported 17 infrastructure projects from 2016 to 2022. This is in addition to investing in the My Open Library service, a small-scale capital works programme and mobile libraries. My Department’s rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (9 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...to join the scheme is now open and will close in October. I would encourage potential applicants such as trail management committees to apply through their Local Development Company for trails that are eligible for inclusion in the scheme. I’m pleased to note that St. Declan’s Way, as referred to by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, is part of my Department’s Walks...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...by the Deputy having previously applied for funding, they may be eligible for supports through programmes that include the Community Services Programme; the LEADER programme; CLÁR; and, the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme. Further details of these programmes are outlined below. The Community Services Programme (CSP) through a social enterprise model, provides an...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period. Since the programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures with over €70 million being approved for almost 2,400 projects throughout rural Ireland. This funding is making a real difference in many...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717 to 735, inclusive, together. Our Rural Future, Ireland's Rural Development Policy 2021 – 2025, represents the Irish Government’s blueprint for the development of rural Ireland. It sets out a range of actions for delivery across Government, and sets the strategic framework for the delivery of capital investment under my Department's Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 to 276, inclusive, together. Our Rural Future, Ireland's Rural Development Policy 2021 – 2025 represents the Irish Government’s blueprint for the development of rural Ireland. It sets out a range of actions for delivery across Government, and sets the strategic framework for the delivery of capital investment under my Department's Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Parking Provision (21 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The mission of the Department of Rural and Community Development is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since the launch of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Parks (6 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...to announce the successful projects before the end of Quarter 1 of 2024. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including Rural Infrastructure & Social Inclusion. Funding for playgrounds has been provided under this theme. As with TVRS, LEADER funded projects often have multiple elements, of which playgrounds can be a constituent element....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...First Responders Transport (Measure 2) ‘Our Islands’ (Measure 3) I hope to launch the 2024 CLÁR programme in the coming months subject to budgetary discussions and a review of measures to be included. The inclusion of sensory spaces in applications for funding under these schemes will be considered in line with the conditions pertaining to each scheme in any...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sport and Recreational Development (27 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The mission of the Department of Rural and Community Development is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. To this end, the Department has a number of funding schemes within which the purchase of land/buildings to be repurposed for community use may be eligible subject to scheme conditions. The Town and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ..., sensory gardens, outdoor cinemas, walking tracks, and community gyms. I expect the 2024 iteration of the CLÁR programme to be launched in quarter one of this year. Town and Village Renewal Scheme The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designated to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. The 2023 Scheme is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...facilities often forming part of wider amenity projects put forward for funding. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including the rural infrastructure and social inclusion theme. Funding for playgrounds may be available under this theme. Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, contact their relevant local action group to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development. The programme includes specific funding themes to support rural economic development, enterprise development, job creation, social inclusion, and the rural environment. Community groups and rural-based businesses can apply for funding under these themes. Approximately 98% of project funding under the 2014-2020...