Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the proposed funding that he plans to allocate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is a flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, with €2 billion identified in the National Development Plan (NDP) to 2027. Of this, €58m is available in 2019 to provide initial support for the 88 projects approved for URDF support last November, while €550 million is included in the NDP to provide further support for these and other similar projects up to 2022.

Support from the Fund will assist in rejuvenating Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, and enabling a greater proportion of residential and mixed-use development to be delivered within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and towns. It will ensure that more parts of our urban areas can become attractive and vibrant places in which people choose to live and work, as well as to invest and to visit.

Bids were invited from public bodies throughout Ireland for funding under the URDF and a total of 189 applications were received by my Department under the first call for proposals. On 26 November 2018, initial URDF support of €100m was provisionally allocated to a total of 88 projects throughout the country.

As part of this first tranche of approvals, Clonmel 2030 Regeneration was awarded initial URDF support of €2,897,000 towards the advancement of a series of projects including the regeneration of Kickham Barracks. While the progression of successful proposals under the Fund is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant applicant, my Department will continue to engage with Tipperary County Council on the advancement of the overall proposal.