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Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Department of Rural and Community Development

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received and the amount of funding sought in respect of each application under the rural regeneration and development fund second call for category 2 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5229/20]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under Project Ireland 2040, the Government has committed €1 billion to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. The Fund has been allocated €315m over the period 2019 to 2022.

The second call for Category 2 applications for the Fund closed on 28th February 2020 and there was an excellent response from across the country. My Department received 76 applications, seeking funding totalling €48m. The table below sets out the applications received and the funding sought in each case.

My Department is currently engaged in the assessment process in relation to the applications, carried out in conjunction with the Project Advisory Board for the Fund, which is comprised of representatives from key Government Departments and independent experts.

Table 1. List of Category 2 Applications

Lead Applicant Project Name Location County RRDF Funding Sought
Ballyhoura CLG Centre for National Fire and Emergency Services Training Kilmallock Limerick €240,000.00
Carlow County Council Barrow Valley Tourism and Outdoor Experience Cluster St Mullins, Clashganny, Ballyellen, Ballytiglea Carlow €101,347.00
Carlow County Council Urban Plan and Key Projects and Development of Tourism and Enterprise Hub Muine Bheag Carlow €131,250.00
Carlow County Council Clonegal Tourism Hub Project Clonegal Carlow €70,773.00
Cavan County Council Kingscourt Town Centre Regeneration Kingscourt Cavan €787,500.00
Cavan County Council Ballyconnell Geopark Gateway Initiative Ballyconnell Cavan €1,125,000.00
Cavan County Council Cootehill Town Regeneration Masterplan Cootehill Cavan €667,500.00
Clare County Council West Clare Railway Multi Model Greenway Ennis to Kilkee Clare €759,375.00
Clare County Council Development of a multi-functional community building at Quilty Quilty Clare €184,000.00
Clare County Council Coláiste Eoghain Uí Chomhraidhe - A Cultural Beacon across a Rural Hinterland Carrigholt Clare €125,600.00
Clare Local Development Company Lisdoonvarna Wellness Town and Sustainable Communities Partnership Lisdoonvarna, Lisdoonvarna, Kilfemora, Doolin and Environs Clare €324,630.00
Clare Local Development Company (CLDC) Shannon Aviation Museum Phase 2 Shannon Clare €64,500.00
Cork County Council Regeneration of Town Centre and the Development of a future vision for the disused former Courthouse Youghal Cork €281,250.00
Cork County Council Development of a Georgian Cultural/Hertiage Quarter for Mitchelstown Mitchelstown Cork €270,000.00
Cork County Council Bandon Transportation and Public Realm Enhancement Plan Implementation Bandon Cork €900,000.00
Cork Education and Training Board East Cork Hospitality and Culinary School Youghal Cork €820,000.00
Donegal County Council Ballyshannon 2040 - Back to Ballyshannon Ballyshannon Donegal €185,625.00
Donegal County Council Ramelton Historic Town Centre - A Restorative and Transformational Public Realm Scheme Ramelton Donegal €186,869.00
Donegal County Council Ballybofey-Stranorlar S.E.E.D Strenghten.Engage.Enable.Deliver Ballybofey Donegal €362,813.00
Fáilte Ireland The Beara Breifne Way West Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim & Cavan, Multiple West Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim & Cavan €300,000.00
Galway County Council Town of Gort Gort Galway €1,900,323.00
Galway County Council Clifden Town Centre Clifden Galway €792,030.00
Galway County Council Portumna Vision 2030 Portumna Galway €1,192,855.00
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Tipperary Racecourse, Ballykisteen Tipperary €728,250.00
Kerry County Council Caherviveen Town Centre Regerenation Project Carhersiveen Kerry €2,377,362.00
Kerry County Council Masterplan for Milltown Milltown Kerry €716,250.00
Kerry County Council Blennerville Regeneration Project Blennerville Kerry €429,243.00
Kildare County Council Athy Food, Drinks and Skills Hub Athy Kildare €476,250.00
Kildare County Council Roberstown Amenity Lands Robertstown Kildare €90,053.00
Kildare County Council Kildare Town Renewal Plan Kildare Town Kildare €3,715,440.00
Kilkenny County Council Callan Friary Complex Regeneration Callan Kilkenny €287,518.00
Kilkenny Leader Partnership Castlecomer Loop Walk Drumgoole, Smithstown, Knockanaddoge Kilkenny €106,837.00
Laois County Council Bloom HQ Mountrath Laois €372,000.00
Laois County Council Down Syndrome Laois Enterprise Abbeyleix Park Abbeyleix Laois €384,000.00
Laois County Council Portarlington Regeneration Portarlington Laois €320,000.00
Leitim County Council Carrick on Shannon to Battlebridge Blueway Leitrim €476,033.00
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board Newcastle West Further Education and Training Campus Development Newcastle West Limerick €247,000.00
Limerick City and County Council Newcastle West Industrial Estate Newcastle West Limerick €1,650,000.00
Limerick City and County Council Dereliction and re-use for housing development in the core of towns and villages in rural Limerick Newcastle West, Rathkeale, Abbeyfeale, Askeaton, Ardagh, Kilmalloock, Croom, Bruff, Kilfinane, Ballingarry Limerick €5,820,000.00
Limerick City and County Council Adare Sustainability Programme Adare Limerick €1,245,000.00
Longford County Council Enhancement of Attractiveness of Lanesborough as Tourism Destination Lanesborough Longford €468,750.00
Louth County Council Living in Carlingford-Visiting in Carlingford. A strategy for sustainable tourism in Carlingford Carlingford Louth €710,980.00
Louth County Council Omeath Village Regeneration Strategy Omeath Louth €642,072.00
Mayo County Council Newport Regeneration Project Newport Mayo €355,764.00
Mayo County Council Ballyhaunis Community Vision Ballyhaunis Mayo €168,352.00
Mayo County Council Killala Regeneration Initiative Killala Mayo €483,435.00
Meath County Council Dunshaughlin Courthouse and Town Centre Dunshaughlin Meath €613,050.00
Meath County Council Athboy Town Centre Athboy Meath €608,250.00
Meath County Council Oldcastle Town Centre Oldcastle Meath €443,550.00
Monaghan County Council Carrickmacross Workhouse Community Hub Carrickmacross Monaghan €270,570.00
Monaghan County Council Castleblayney Market Square Regeneration Phase 2 Castleblayney Monaghan €295,000.00
Monaghan County Council Lough Egish Food Park Expansion Lough Egish Monaghan €422,145.00
National Museum of Ireland NMI - Country Life Castlebar Mayo €270,000.00
North East West Kerry Development Ardfert Community Sport and Recreation Facility Ardfert Kerry €98,194.00
Offaly County Council Birr Creative Court Birr Offaly €312,750.00
Offaly County Council Banagher Regeneraton Projects Banagher Offaly €395,250.00
Offaly County Council Ferbane Town Regeneration Ferbane Offaly €327,750.00
Office of Public Works (OPW) Kilmacurragh House Kilmacurragh Wicklow €500,000.00
Roscommon County Council Ballaghdereen Public Realm Enhancement Ballaghdereen Roscommon €434,010.00
Roscommon County Council Lough Key Lough Key Roscommon €360,000.00
SECAD Partnership CLG Kilbrittain Community Hub Kilbrittain Cork €100,913.00
SECAD Partnership CLG Kinsale Municipal Hall Regeneration Kinsale Cork €120,000.00
Sligo County Council Town Regeneration Project – Collooney and Ballymote, County Sligo Ballymote Collooney Sligo €386,000.00
Sligo County Council Public Realm Enhancement of County Sligo tourist villages of Strandhill and Rosses Point Strandhill Rosses Point Sligo €202,000.00
Sligo County Council Tubbercurry Regeneration Project 2020 Tubercurry Sligo €222,000.00
South Tipperary Development CLG Premier Agri-Food Centre of Excellence New Inn Tipperary €300,000.00
Tipperary County Council A Pathway to Regeneration of Cahir Town Centre Cahir Town Tipperary €632,987.00
Tipperary County Council Nenagh Historic and Cultural Quarter - A Tourism Led Regeneration Plan Nenagh Tipperary €650,034.00
Tipperary County Council Carrick on Suir Regeneration Plan - A Journey from the Suir Blueway to the Ormond Castle Quarter Carrick on Suir Tipperary €365,625.00
Údarás na Gaeltachta Cloghane Integrated Development Centre Cloghane Kerry €328,459.00
Údarás na Gaeltachta Áras na nDéise - Enterprise and Tourism Hub An Rinn Waterford €337,819.00
Waterford County Council Cappoquin Town - Regeneration and Renewal Cappoquin Waterford €1,207,500.00
Westmeath County Council Castlepollard Regeneration Castlepollard Westmeath €311,250.00
Wicklow County Council Rejuvenation of Rathdrum Rathdrum Wicklow €796,500.00
Wicklow County Council Placemaking for Newmountkennedy Newmountkennedy Wicklow €357,750.00
Wicklow County Council Blueprint for Blessington Blessington Wicklow €2,327,626.00

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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1137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects supported by the rural regeneration and development fund in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/20]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under Project Ireland 2040, the Government has committed €1 billion to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. The Fund has been allocated €315m over the period 2019 to 2022.

Following the conclusion of the first call under the Fund in February 2019, a total of 84 successful projects had been announced, with funding of €86m provided from the Fund to support projects worth a total of €117m. Following the completion of the second call, which related to Category 1 projects (those ready for delivery), another 26 projects were allocated funding of €62 million from the Fund. These 26 projects will deliver total investment of €95 million. Table 1 sets out the full list of projects and the amount of funding which were approved under both calls.

Table 1. List of projects by County which were approved for RRDF Funding under the first and second calls.

Project Title Category Location County Lead Applicant RRDF Funding
National Parks 1 National Parks (multiple) (6) Clare; Donegal; Galway; Kerry; Mayo; Wicklow Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht €3,915,000.00
Borris Railway Viaduct 1 Borris Carlow Carlow County Council €654,820.00
Altmont House and Gardens 2 Ballon Carlow OPW €450,000.00
Cootehill Industrial Estate 1 Cootehill Cavan Cavan County Council €867,174.00
Virginia Civic Centre 1 Virginia Cavan Cavan County Council €3,963,525.00
Virginia Civic Centre 1 Virginia Cavan Cavan County Council €3,963,525.00
Ballyjamesduff Regeneration Strategy 2 Ballyjamesduff Cavan Cavan County Council €90,000.00
Cootehill Technology Park 2 Cootehill Cavan Cavan County Council €56,000.00
The Clones Terminus 2 Cavan to Monaghan Cavan to Monaghan Waterways Ireland €325,000.00
Ennistymon Innovation Centre 1 Ennistymon Clare Clare County Council €1,023,300.00
Vandeleur Estate 1 Kilrush Clare Clare County Council €1,720,000.00
The Seaworld Project 1 Lahinch Clare Clare County Council €2,860,000.00
Loophead Visitor Attraction 1 Loophead Clare Clare County Council €868,500.00
Multifunctional Performance Auditorium at Cnoc na Gaoithe Cultural Centre, Tulla 1 Tulla Clare Clare County Council €900,000.00
Doolin Pier 2 Doolin Clare Clare County Council €465,571.00
Inis Cealtra Island 2 Inis Cealtra Clare Clare County Council €920,500.00
Wild Atlantic Way 2 Multiple Clare / Kerry Fáilte Ireland €666,300.00
Banteer Amenity Project 1 Banteer Cork IRD Duhallow CLG €1,128,000.00
Kinsale Library Project 1 Kinsale Cork Cork County Council €2,157,375.00
Briery Gap Theater and Library 1 Macroom Cork Cork County Council €2,000,000.00
Kanturk Regeneration - Phase 1 1 Kanturk Cork Cork County Council €619,500.00
Anne’s Grove 2 Anne’s Grove Cork OPW €375,000.00
Coláiste Íosagáin Campus 2 Baile Bhuirne/Coláiste Íosagáin Cork Udaras na Gaeltachta €180,000.00
Ballydesmond 2 Ballydesmond Cork Cork County Council €56,250.00
Digital Innovation Hub Strategy 2 Cork County Cork Cork County Council €206,168.00
Rathcormac Strategy for Development 2 Rathormac Cork Avondhu Blackwater partnership CLG €122,025.00
gteic Gaoth Dobhair 1 Gaoth Dobhair Donegal Udaras na Gaeltachta €1,500,000.00
Swan Park 1 Swan Park, Buncrana Donegal Donegal County Council €1,728,042.00
Killybegs 2040 - Town Centre Regeneration Project 1 Killybegs Donegal Donegal County Council €3,631,758.00
Ailt an Chorráin (Burtonport)/ Oilean Árainn Mhór (Arranmore Island) - Harbour to Island Regeneration 1 Burtonport/Arranmore Island Donegal Donegal County Council €3,089,199.00
Ocean Innovation Centre Ireland 2 Killybegs Donegal Letterkenny Institute of Technology €293,436.00
Ireland’s National Parks 2 Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Wicklow Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Wicklow Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht - NPWS €1,466,250.00
DigiWest 1 Various Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon Western Development Commission €644,734.00
gteic Hub An Spidéal 1 An Spidéal Galway Údarás na Gaeltachta €548,887.00
Athenry / Bia Innovator 1 Athenry Galway Galway County Council €3,554,000.00
Tullycross Residential Education Centre 1 Tullycross, Renvyle Galway Western Development Commission €1,728,000.00
Regeneration Loughrea, Breaking through 1 Loughrea Galway Galway County Council €1,628,879.00
Dunmore Regeneration 2 Dunmore Galway Galway County Council €960,909.00
Kinvara Boardwalk and Walkway 2 Kinvara Galway Galway County Council €124,781.25
Tuam Regeneration Strategy 2 Tuam Galway Galway County Council €175,000.00
Valentia Trans-Atlantic Cable Station 1 Valentia Island Kerry Kerry County Council €1,270,000.00
Listowel Food Hub 1 Listowel Kerry North East West Kerry Development NEWKD €1,365,226.00
Baile na Fheirtéaraigh Development 2 Baile na Fheirtéaraigh Kerry Údarás na Gaeltachta €292,500.00
Kenmare 2 Kenmare Kerry Kerry County Council €275,000* * Project cancelled
Dingle Workhouse Masterplan 2 Dingle Workhouse Kerry Údarás na Gaeltachta €415,000.00
Úibh Ráthach Action Plan 2 Gaeltacht Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh Taskforce Kerry Údarás na Gaeltachta €174,351.00
Athy / Ernest Shackleton Project 1 Emily Square, Athy Kildare Kildare County Council €2,707,500.00
Kildare Town Centre Regeneration 2 Athy Kildare Kildare County Council €80,000.00
Monasterevin Town Centre Regeneration 2 Monasterevin Kildare Kildare County Council €78,000.00
Barrow Blueway, 46km 1 Barrow Blueway Kildare, Laois Kildare County Council €5,067,941.00
Callan Town Regeneration 1 Callan Town Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council €561,750.00
Thomastown Regeneration 1 Thomastown Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council €2,080,486.00
Community Shops Kilkenny 2 Kilkenny Kilkenny Kilkenny LEADER Partnership €60,000.00
Emo Court 1 Emo, Emo Court Laois Office of Public Works €1,200,000.00
The Junction, Ballinamore - Regeneration of Ballinamore 1 Ballinamore Leitrim Leitrim County Council €1,728,075.00
Manorhamilton Public Realm improvement works including re-imagining employment and Enterprise Lands 1 Manorhamilton Leitrim Leitrim County Council €1,613,250.00
Smart Green Mohill 2 Mohill Leitrim Leitrim County Council €37,500.00
Great Southern Greenway Limerick 1 Abbeyfeale, Newcastlewest, Rathkeale, Ardagh Limerick Limerick City and County Council €2,724,657.00
Glenbrohane Local Hub 1 Glenbrohane Limerick Ballyhoura Development CLG €626,369.00
Murroe Community Hub 1 Murroe Limerick Ballyhoura Development CLG €3,816,451.00
West Limerick Tourism Gateway 2 Newcastle West Limerick Limerick City and County Council €330,000.00
International Mountain Biking Project 1 Ballyhoura, Coolaney, Ticknock, Ballinastoe, Slieve Blooms Limerick, Cork, Sligo, Dublin, Wicklow, Offaly, Laois Coillte €10,262,900.00
Edgeworthstown Regeneration 1 Edgeworthstown Longford Longford County Council €1,269,019.00
Historic Granard Motte Project 1 Granard Longford Longford County Council €2,872,434.00
The Yard, Abbeyshrule - Community and Economic Hub 1 Abbeyshrule Longford Longford County Council €522,265.71
Ardee Castle 1 Ardee Castle Louth Louth County Council €2,147,000.00
Ardee Regeneration 2 Ardee Louth Louth County Council €526,743.75
Ballinrobe Regeneration 1 Ballinrobe Mayo Mayo County Council €825,000.00
gteic Hubs 1 Béal a' Mhuirthead Mayo Údarás na Gaeltachta €795,062.00
Claremorris Indoor Sports Facility 1 Claremorris Mayo Sligo LEADER Partnership CLG €2,100,000.00
Áras Scéalta an Atlantaigh - Visitor Centre and Tourism Hub 1 Aghleam Mayo Udaras na Gaeltachta €1,879,350.00
Ballintubber Abbey Culture and Heritage Visitor Centre 1 Claremorris Mayo Mayo County Council €2,677,352.00
Clew Bay Greenway Project 1 Mayo Mayo County Council €1,924,800.00
Cycle Network 2 Multi Location Mayo Mayo County Council €75,000.00
Tourism Experiences 2 Westport and Cong Mayo Mayo County Council €56,000.00
Geopark Development 2 Multi Location Mayo, Galway Geological Survey Ireland €969,387.00
Trim Library and Cultural Centre 1 Trim Meath Meath County Council €3,718,670.00
Kells Creative Placemaking (Phase 1) - Kells Courthouse Cultural Hub and Kells Printworks and Topgraphy Centre 1 Kells Meath Meath County Council €992,834.00
Boyne Navigation and Greenway 2 Boyne Navigation and Greenway Meath Meath County Council €845,250.00
Community Facilities Enfield 2 Enfield Meath Meath County Council €726,000.00
Kell’s Heritage Development 2 Kells Meath Meath County Council €210,000.00
Trim Castle 2 Trim Meath OPW €262,500.00
Castlebayney Enterprise Centre 1 Castleblayney Monaghan Monaghan County Council €2,138,560.00
Castleblayney Market Square Regeneration 1 Castleblaney Monaghan Monaghan County Council €2,611,150.00
Ballybay Regeneration 2 Ballybay Monaghan Monaghan County Council €410,400.00
Carrickmacross Town Centre Renewal 2 Carrickmacross Monaghan Monaghan County Council €632,000.00
Clones Regeneration 2 Clones Monaghan Monaghan County Council €377,250.00
Edenderry Regeneration - Phase 1 1 Edenderry Offaly Offaly County Council €522,207.00
Edenderry Masterplan 2 Edenderry Offaly Offaly County Council €75,000.00
An Bealach Project 1 Ballaghdarreen Roscommon Roscommon Integrated Development Company Ltd €1,656,750.00
Boyle Regeneration 1 Boyle Town Roscommon Roscommon County Council €1,705,705.00
An Chistin Project 1 Castlerea Roscommon Roscommon County Council €1,545,000.00
Life Sciences Innovation Hub and Soft Landing Space 1 Athlone Roscommon Roscommon County Council €2,751,544.16
Creative Studios Ballaghdarreen 2 Ballaghdarreen Roscommon Roscommon Integrated Development Company Ltd €20,250.00
National Centre of Excellent for Surfing 1 Strandhill Sligo Sligo County Council €615,752.00
The Yeats Trail 1 Yeats Trail Sligo Sligo County Council €500,000.00
The Cliff Bath House 2 Enniscrone Sligo Sligo County Council €131,250.00
Tipperary Town Regeneration 1 Tipperary Town Tipperary Tipperary County Council €600,000.00
Roscrea Enterprise, Digital and Social Impact Hub 1 Roscrea Tipperary North Tipperary Development Company €1,925,546.00
Fetherd Town Park 1 Fethard Tipperary Tipperary County Council €2,600,000.00
Templemore Town Hall: Enterprise and Cultutal Centre, with associated Civic Plaza 1 Templemore Tipperary Tipperary County Council €2,107,500.00
Ireland's Global Garden - Mount Congreve Estate 1 Kilmeaden Waterford Waterford City and County Council €3,726,000.00
Blackwater River Valley 2 Blackwater Valley Waterford Waterford Leader Partnership €128,842.00
Kinnegad Regeneration 2 Kinnegad Westmeath Westmeath County Council €600,000.00
Johnstown Castle & Gardens 1 Johnstown Castle Wexford TEAGASC €658,696.00
Wexfordia - the New Ross Tourism Transformation 1 New Ross Wexford Wexford County Council €5,560,000.00
Esmonde Street Gorey 2 Ferrycarraig and the Hook Peninsuala Wexford Wexford County Council €1,087,340.00
Market House Gorey 2 Gorey Wexford Wexford County Council €429,145.37
Ferrycarraig and the Hook Peninsuala 2 Gorey Wexford Wexford County Council €95,224.00
Enterprise Hub New Ross 2 New Ross Wexford Wexford County Council €328,407.00
Making Baltinglass the Hub for South West Wicklow 1 Baltinglass Wicklow Wicklow County Council €2,675,226.00



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