John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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1705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate further funds to the CLÁR programme in view of the fact many applications had to be refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36935/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31 March last with a closing date of 5 May.  Funding under the programme was available through 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

In total, more than 500 applications were received across the four measures, to the value of €15 million.

Funding to support projects under CLÁR this year was limited and it was not possible to fund all applications. In general, applications were assessed on the basis of their eligibility under the scheme criteria and on the quality of the documentation supporting their proposals.A total of just under €7 million was allocated to 231 successful projects.

All funding available under the CLÁR programme for 2017 has now been allocated and I currently have no plans to assign further funding to the programme this year.