Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received from County Limerick for the town and village renewal scheme; the number of persons who received grant aid and who did not receive grant aid, respectively; and the appeals process in place. [44457/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched on 13th April last, with a focus on improving the economic development of our rural towns and villages.

Each Local Authority was invited to submit up to 15 applications to the Department for consideration under the scheme, following consultation with local communities in their respective areas.

I recently approved funding of €21.6 million to 281 towns and villages throughout the country under the Town and Village Renewal scheme.

Limerick County Council submitted 15 applications to the Department for consideration and, of these, 13 applications were approved for funding to a total value of €1,087,943. The remaining 2 applications were not successful on this occasion as they did not satisfy the qualifying criteria for funding. The qualifying criteria were set out in the scheme details issued to Local Authorities in April.

While there is no formal appeals process in place in the situation where the criteria have not been met, my officials are available to give feedback to Local Authorities on the assessment process.