Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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513. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options available for a group that cannot apply for CLÁR funding in view of the fact that 80% of its area is not in a CLÁR area (details supplied). [17219/19]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The primary objective of the CLÁR Programme is to support small scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation, with the aim of encouraging people to continue to live and work there.

In the normal course, CLÁR eligibility is based on the project in question being physically located within a designated CLÁR District Electoral Division (DED).

Given the nature of the activities to be funded under the Mobility and Cancer Care Transport of the 2019 CLÁR programme, eligibility for this particular measure is based on demonstrating that the majority (at least 80%) of the catchment area being served is within a CLÁR designation.

In the case of the details supplied by the Deputy, Kerry Local Authority or the Local Development Company might be best placed to offer advice on other funding streams that may be available.