Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be changes regarding the selection of schools to be included in the CLÁR areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38256/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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In early April I announced new measures under the Clár Programme in the existing CLÁR areas and an extension into parts of five new counties (Wicklow, Carlow, Laois, Kilkenny and Offaly). This brings the total number of counties now covered by the Programme to 23.

In order for a school to be eligible to qualify for any of the CLÁR measures the school must be located in a District Electoral Division (D.E.D.) designated as a CLÁR area. There are no plans at the moment for further expansion of the areas covered by the CLÁR Programme.