John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocated to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme, respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the amount of such funding allocated per local authority and local community development committee; the amount expended in each such year; and the 2019 allocation in tabular form. [2776/19]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Communities Facilities Scheme and the nationwide re-cast RAPID programme were launched for the first time in 2017.  €65,000 was provided to each local authority area under each scheme, a total of €130,000 for each area.

In 2018, these two programmes were replaced by the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP).  The below table gives the amount allocated, and provided to each Local Authority/LCDC for this new programme in 2018.  Details are provided for both the main CEP and the ring-fenced fund for Men's Sheds under the CEP.

The national allocation for the CEP in 2019 is currently €4 million.  The funds have not yet been allocated to the local authorities.

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of project approvals and the monetary value of each project to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme, respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018 per local authority and local community development committee in tabular form. [2777/19]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The nationwide re-cast RAPID programme and the Communities Facilities Scheme were launched for the first time in 2017.  €65,000 was provided to each local authority area under each scheme, a total of €130,000 for each area and €4m across the country.

In 2017, 292 projects were approved under the RAPID programme.  Details of each project are available on my Department's website on the following link:

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In 2017, over 2,100 projects were approved under the Communities Facilities Scheme.  Details of each project are available on my Department's website on the following link:  

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In 2018, these two programmes were replaced by the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP), which received total funding of €13m. 

Detail on approved projects for 2018 are available on my Department's website on the following two links. Information is provided on over 3,000 projects that have been approved to date under both the main CEP and a ring-fenced Men's Shed fund under the CEP.

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https://drcd.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Mens-Sheds-Funding-Jan-2019.pdf