Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to his Department under the CLÁR programme for 2007; the amount of funding spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31881/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the CLÁR Programme, funds are allocated to support physical, economic and social infrastructure in rural areas of special disadvantage across a variety of measures. CLÁR acts as a lever to elicit money from other sources through funding and co-funding arrangements with Government Departments, State Agencies and Local Authorities. A budget of €18.683m for the Programme was provided in my Department's Vote in 2007. The breakdown of expenditure to date in 2007 is set out in the table.

Overall expenditure under the Programme for the year is expected to be of the order of €21.3m. In this context, the Deputy should note that I have, this week, sought a supplementary estimate in order to meet on-going demand under the Programme.