Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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812. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made under the town and village accelerated measures round 3 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28567/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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This year’s Town and Village Renewal Scheme has been tailored to assist our rural towns and villages to respond to the challenges presented by COVID-19.

In addition to the usual project funding under the scheme, this year the scheme includes an Accelerated Measure which enables towns and villages to adapt to COVID-19 and to introduce initiatives immediately to support increased footfall and enable people to shop and socialise safely in accordance with public health guidelines.

Successful projects under Round 1 and Round 2 of the Accelerated Measure have already been announced, with a total of €6.1 million being approved for 226 projects.

The assessment of applications under Round 3 is currently being finalised and I expect to be in a position to announce the successful applications shortly.