Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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321. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects for counties Cavan and Monaghan which will be funded under the CLÁR programme in 2017. [31429/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31 March 2017 and will provide funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population. Funding is available this year under four separate Measures:

Measure 1: Support for School and Community Safety Measures.

Measure 2: Play Areas.

Measure 3: Targeted Community Infrastructure.

Measure 4: First Responder Supports.

Applications under Measures 1, 2 and 3 were submitted through the Local Authorities, while Measure 4 was targeted at voluntary organisations involved in emergency rescue or first-response efforts. The closing date for applications under the 2017 CLÁR programme was 5 May 2017 and over 500 applications were received across the four measures.

Successful projects were announced over the last few weeks, with a total of just under €7 million allocated to approximately 230 projects across the four Measures.

Details of the approved projects, including those in counties Cavan and Monaghan, are available at