Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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996. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocated funding for the CLÁR programme for 2018; and the amount which has been drawn down to date. [45022/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.

The 2018 CLÁR programme was launched on 15th March last, with applications invited under the following measures: 

Measure 1:  Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures 

Measure 2:Play Areas/Multi-Use Games Areas  

Measure 3:First Response Support Measure  

Measure 4:Mobility and Cancer Care Transport

In total, more than 500 applications were received across the four measures.

Between June and October, I approved 389 successful projects for total funding of €11.8 million under these measures. The successful projects are listed on my Department's website at:

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My officials are currently processing claims to the value of €3.4 million which have been received to date under the 2018 CLÁR programme.

More than 1,200 projects have now been approved for total funding of €25 million since I relaunched the CLÁR programme in 2016.