Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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308. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available to a business owner who has land in the centre of Mullingar for redeveloping. [30556/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the Deputy is referring to funding available under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. This scheme provides funding for Local Authority or community led projects in small towns and villages. However, the scheme does not provide support for individual business owners. The Local Authority may be in a position to provide information or advice to the landowner on grants which may be available for the redevelopment of the land in question.

Towns such as Mullingar, which have a population of over 10,000, are not generally eligible for inclusion in the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. However, as an exceptional measure for 2020, funding was provided for larger towns, including Mullingar, under a new Measure aimed at assisting towns to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19. The inclusion of larger towns on this occasion was in recognition of their importance in supporting the economic and social fabric of their rural hinterlands.