Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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957. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the training modules to be provided for trainees submitted by companies as part of their applications for section 481 tax relief in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27804/17]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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958. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of trainees listed by companies as part of their applications for section 481 tax relief in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27805/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 957 and 958 together.

Section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is a tax credit provided by the Irish Government as an incentive to film and television production in Ireland. Under Section 7 of the Film Regulations 2015 (S.I. 4 of 2015), a project must employ on the project a minimum of two trainees for each €355,000 of tax credit claimed, up to a maximum of 8 trainees. In order to obtain the tax relief, producer companies must provide details of the training modules proposed for the trainees and the names of the trainees engaged on the project. As with all requirements under the tax relief scheme, this requirement is monitored by the Revenue Commissioners. Details of recipients of the tax relief including projects and the amounts received are published by the Revenue Commissioners at www.revenue.ie/en/companies-and-charities/reliefs-and-exemptions/film-relief/beneficiaries-of-film-relief.aspx.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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959. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for CLÁR funding by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27806/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31st March last, with a closing date of 5th May. The programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population.Successful projects were announced over the last few weeks, with a total of just under €7 million allocated to approximately 230 projects across four different thematic Measures. I can confirm that the Department received an application in respect of the project referred to by the Deputy and that the application was successful.

Details of all projects approved under the CLÁR programme are available at.

The CLÁR programme is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development, and makes a huge contribution to supporting the most depopulated areas in rural Ireland. Over 800 projects have now been approved for funding since the scheme was re-launched last year.