Written answers

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Department of Rural and Community Development

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to town centre health checks per annum; the number of checks undertaken by county; and the number planned. [50086/18]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The National Town Centre Health Check initiative was undertaken by the Heritage Council in conjunction with a number of partner organisations. The Heritage Council comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

While there is no specific allocation set aside by my Department for town centre health checks, the preparation and development of such checks are eligible for support under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme which is operated by my Department.

I recently approved funding of €21.3 million to 224 rural towns and villages under the 2018 Town and Village Renewal Scheme, with an emphasis on projects that focus on improving the economic development of those towns and villages. A number of these projects included proposals for the development of town health checks and town plans. As these proposals were generally part of a larger initiative, the precise details of the amount of funding allocated to health checks by the projects in question is not available.

In addition to the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, assistance may be available for feasibility studies under the LEADER Programme for this type of initiative, subject to certain conditions. Applications for LEADER funding are made directly to the Local Action Groups who deliver the programme in each LEADER sub-regional area.

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