Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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565. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for each urban community scheme in operation over the 2010 to 2017 period on an annual basis, in tabular form. [41845/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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RAPID (Revitalising Areas by Planning, Investment and Development) is aimed at funding projects which will enhance the lives of residents in disadvantaged urban areas.

The current RAPID programme is being rolled out by the Local Community Development Committees and each Local Authority administrative area received an allocation of €64,500 for RAPID for 2017. The following table sets out funding provided under RAPID from 2010 to date in 2017, and includes my Department’s contractual commitments under existing RAPID projects, mainly under the Sports Capital Scheme.

My Department operates a number of other schemes and programmes which are available to both urban and rural communities, such as the Community Facilities Scheme and the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. However, funding provided under these schemes is not categorised according to whether the beneficiary was an urban or a rural community.