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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Department of Rural and Community Development

Local Authority Funding

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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942. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of all applications submitted by Mayo County Council to her Department for funding during 2019 and 2020; the status of live applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4272/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides the details of all applications submitted by Mayo County Council, to my Department, for funding during 2019 and 2020. Live applications not yet adjudicated on are going through the assessment process outlined in respect of each programme and decisions will be made public once they are evaluated and decided upon.

2019
Scheme /Programme Number of Applications Funding Allocated
Rural Regeneration Development Fund Second Call Category 1 3 €4,602,152
CLÁR 23 €420,010
ORIS 16 €1,000,000
Town and Village Renewal Scheme 15 €838,533
Minor capital projects on the inhabited islands 1 (Covering 5 projects) €295,250
Site Survey Re proposed helipad(Islands) 1 €5,526
Planning and design work re proposed helipad(Islands) 1 €22,500
SICAP 1 €1,269,910
Community Enhancement Programme n/a * €145,203
Community Enhancement Programme (ring-fenced Men’s and Women’s Sheds). n/a * €20,942
Lease for Ballina Library 1 €35,000
My Open Library - Ballina 1 €81,250
Dormant Accounts Fund 3 €18,000
Sensory Funding for Facilities & Equipment 1 €20,000
2020
RRDF Second Call Category 2 3 €524,116
RRDF Third Call Category 1 - applications under evaluation 1 €0
CLÁR 2020 10 €239,551
ORIS 2020 (ORIS Measure 1, has been announced to date.) 11 €140,000
Town and Village Renewal Scheme 29 €1,241,821
Minor capital projects on the inhabited islands 1 (Covering 5 projects) €292,500
Additional grant to 1 minor capital project on the inhabited islands 1 €7,500.00
Planning and design work re new site for helipad(islands) 1 €107,605
SICAP 1* €1,308,008
COVID-19 Emergency Fund n/a *** €76,036
Community Enhancement Programme n/a ** €64,546
Community Enhancement Programme for Community Centres / Facilities n/a ** €168,258
COVID-19 Emergency Fund (Tranche 2) n/a *** €54,878
Lease for Ballina Library 1 €35,000
Small Scale Capital Works 3 €100,000
My Open Library - Belmullet 1 €50,000
Dormant Accounts Fund 4 €14,203
Sensory Funding for Facilities & Equipment 1 €23,895

* The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) funding is not led by an annual open application process. Funding is subject to the budgetary process with allocations agreed annually.

** Community Enhancement Programme and the Community Enhancement Programme for Community Centres - No applications are submitted by Mayo County Council to the Department for this funding. Funding is allocated to each Local Authority using a methodology that takes disadvantage and population levels into account. Community Groups apply to the Local Authority for Funding

***COVID-19 Emergency Fund and COVID-19 Emergency Fund (tranche 2) - No applications are submitted by Mayo County Council to the Department for this funding. Funding was allocated to each Local Authority using a methodology that took population level (and the case of tranche 2 disadvantage levels) into account. Community Groups apply to the Local Authority for Funding.

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