Written answers

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Department of Rural and Community Development

CLÁR Programme

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of schools in each county that have been successful in applying for a school playground from the CLÁR programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications in the area annually; and the number of approved and rejected applications by county. [51354/19]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, CLÁR (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) is a targeted investment programme for rural areas that aims to provide funding for small infrastructural projects in areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.

In recent years, amongst other measures, CLÁR has supported the enhancement or development of community and schools outdoor play facilities.

Table 1 below provides details of the number of schools awarded funding for outdoor play facilities, by county, in each of the years 2016-2019. It should be noted that no school play facilities were funded in 2016.

Table 2 provides details of all CLÁR applications received in each of the years 2016-2019 across all CLÁR measures in each relevant county. It also includes details of the number of applications approved for funding and the number of unsuccessful applications for each of those years.

Table 1: Number of schools per County awarded funding for Outdoor Play Facilities under CLAR

County 2016 2017 2018 2019
Carlow 0 0 2 1
Cavan 0 4 11 3
Clare 0 6 7 2
Cork 0 0 1 0
Donegal 0 0 6 0
Galway 0 0 0 0
Kerry 0 2 3 0
Kilkenny 0 1 1 0
Laois 0 3 1 1
Leitrim 0 0 4 1
Limerick 0 0 0 0
Longford 0 1 0 1
Louth 0 2 5 1
Mayo 0 0 3 0
Meath 0 0 0 1
Monaghan 0 5 7 1
Offaly 0 4 3 1
Roscommon 0 2 3 1
Sligo 0 2 3 0
Tipperary 0 0 1 0
Waterford 0 5 3 1
Westmeath 0 1 2 1
Wicklow 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 0 38 66 17

Table 2: Overall applications received, approved and unsuccessful, by County

County 2016 2017 2018 2019
Received Approved Unsuccessful Received Approved Unsuccessful Received Approved Unsuccessful Received Approved Unsuccessful
Carlow 18 18 0 5 5 0 13 10 3 11 2 9
Cavan 33 33 0 29 12 17 20 16 4 26 11 15
Clare 27 27 0 21 10 11 24 17 7 20 8 12
Cork 82 35 47 27 9 18 29 22 7 29 8 21
Donegal 117 78 39 36 10 26 28 20 8 31 12 19
Galway 62 57 5 28 15 13 30 22 8 30 13 17
Kerry 123 27 96 29 8 21 40 31 9 35 17 18
Kilkenny 9 9 0 15 4 11 13 11 2 13 4 9
Laois 24 24 0 20 5 15 18 15 3 19 4 15
Leitrim 27 20 7 21 17 4 24 18 6 30 11 19
Limerick 38 29 9 24 10 14 23 14 9 18 2 16
Longford 20 18 2 24 12 12 19 14 5 23 14 9
Louth 8 6 2 20 10 10 17 12 5 9 4 5
Mayo 81 38 43 29 22 7 44 31 13 38 18 20
Meath 7 7 0 11 4 7 13 11 2 8 2 6
Monaghan 49 29 20 22 16 6 20 18 2 19 9 10
Offaly 18 14 4 22 9 13 19 13 6 10 2 8
Roscommon 39 32 7 22 12 10 20 14 6 28 12 16
Sligo 51 50 1 23 9 14 22 17 5 18 8 10
Tipperary 48 43 5 25 15 10 31 22 9 23 8 15
Waterford 25 23 2 28 10 18 18 15 3 20 3 17
Westmeath 19 18 1 24 3 21 22 16 6 23 4 19
Wicklow 3 3 0 16 4 12 18 10 8 13 3 10
TOTALS 928 638 290 521 231 290 525 389 136 494 179 315

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the CLÁR scheme. [51355/19]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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CLÁR funding has been provided for a range of measures to be delivered by schools and communities, including for the enhancement or development of Play Areas and Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs).

The conditions attached to the CLÁR programme require that such facilities should be available for wider community use, and prospective applicants are aware of this in advance.

Many of the applicants of the type referred to by the Deputy are willing to make these facilities available for wider community use and have consequently received support under the programme. This ensures that these facilities are available for use by local families and visitors to areas which, by their very nature, often have limited facilities for children.

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