Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the members of the project assessment board for assessing and allocating funding for the urban regeneration and development fund; the process of selection for the board; the qualifications required for membership; the renumeration provided for each of the positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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All applications received under Call 2 of the URDF were assessed in terms of their alignment with the intended purpose of the URDF programme and also their viability before being considered for approval. As part of this process, and in line with a Government Decision of May 2018, the assessment process included consideration by a Project Advisory Board (PAB) consisting of relevant Government departments, State agencies and independent experts from relevant sectors.
The composition of the PAB for Call 2 of the URDF is set out in the following table.
Remuneration provided for the three independent expert members, in respect of their time spent on preparation for and attendance at meetings, was €450 each per meeting amounting to €3,150 for the seven meetings that took place.
Government Department/State Agencies and National and International Experts | Name |
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Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Lisa Clifford (Chair) |
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Martin Colreavy |
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Colin Ryan |
Department of the Environment, Climate Action and Communications | John O’Neill |
Department of Rural and Community Development | Eddie Forsyth |
Department of Transport | Garret Doocey |
Land Development Agency | Phelim O’Neill |
TU Dublin Environment and Planning, City Campus – Bolton Street | Dr Conor Norton |
Ireland Strategic Infrastructure Fund | Donal Murphy |
Project Capital-Cost Appraisal expert | Maura Connolly |
Strategic Spatial Planning expert | Jim MacKinnon |
Urban Development – Design and Placemaking expert | Bob Allies |
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funds applied for and subsequently allocated to the urban regeneration and development fund by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; when the next round of applications under the fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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There have been two calls for proposals under the URDF. In 2019, approval in principle together with provisional funding allocations issued in respect of the 87 projects approved under the first call which was launched in 2018.
The Table below lists the 87 projects approved under Call 1 together with up-to-date provisional URDF funding allocations. With regard to the difference between the current provisional allocations and the URDF support initially sought by applicants at application stage it should be noted that in some cases proposals were not sufficiently developed to warrant the allocations sought or contained project elements that would not attract URDF support. In other cases allocations have since been increased beyond what was initially sought in order to respond to more refined and updated project budgets.
A second call for proposals was launched last year, and following a rigorous assessment process I have only recently approved a further 45 projects for URDF support. There are no plans at the present time to announce any further calls for proposals under the URDF.
Table - Projects approved under URDF Call 1
County | Applicant | Project | URDF support sought at application stage | Current Provisional Allocation |
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Carlow | Carlow County Council | Carlow Town Master Plan | 15,579,011.03 | 580,000 |
Cavan | Cavan County Council | Abbeylands Redevelopment -Cavan Town Centre | 2,550,000 | 262,500 |
Clare | Clare County Council | The Venue Shannon | 8,219,788.00 | 250,000 |
Clare | Clare County Council | Parnell Street and the Lanes and Bow-Ways | 2,441,276 | 3,665,339 |
Clare | Clare County Council | Barrack Square and Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Square and High Street | 2,642,455 | 189,000 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Beamish and Crawford / Grand Parade Quarter | 10,382,376 | 916,000 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Cork City Docklands | 57,075,000 | 450,000 |
Cork City | Port of Cork | Tivoli Docks | 337,500 | 1,312,500 |
Cork City | Irish Rail | Kent Station Yard (Site enabling) | 3,750,000 | 750,000 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigaline Western Relief Road | 6,150,000 | 6,400,208 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Midleton Main Street Public Improvements | 1,921,985.20 | 1,921,985 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Midleton Permeability Package of Proposals | 20,600,000 | 187,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Cobh UEA - Public Realm - Diaspora Centre | 1,402,500 | 277,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigaline Public Realm | 112,500 | 112,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigtwohill – Design and Planning works | 562,500 | 562,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Mallow Town Regeneration | 1,480,500 | 1,480,500 |
Donegal | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny 2040 (Public Realm and Site Acquisition) | 5,814,075 | 1,942,536 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Santry River Restoration Project | 9,375,000 | 750,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Artists' Workspaces | 4,000,000 | 200,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Inchicore - St Michael's Estate & Environs Regeneration | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Rutland Street NEIC | 8,969,460 | 8,969,460 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Park West/Cherry Orchard Industrial Lands Analysis | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Naas Road LAP lands | 15,350,000 | 200,000 |
Dublin City | Trinity College Dublin | Campus at Grand Canal Quay (Public Realm Re-use) | 15,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
Dublin City | Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | Redevelopment and repurposing of the historically significant No. 11 Parnell Square | 3,862,500 | 3,862,500 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Stillorgan (Public Realm works) | 8,700,000 | 7,658,379 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Action Plan | 75,000 | 65,679 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Spatial and Economic Action Plan for Dun Laoghaire | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Cherrywood Public Parks, Greenways & Attenuation | 13,358,100.80 | 13,358,102 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan Planning and Design Works | 17,159,625 | 2,125,000 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Sustainable Swords | 1,125,000 | 375,000 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght Town Centre (Civic Plaza/Link Road) | 21,150,000 | 31,894,325 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Naas Road/Ballymount | 350,000 | 200,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Ardaun Upgrade of Martin Roundabout | 2,703,473 | 2,703,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Sandy Road Liosbán – Funding is to support the preparation of a Development Feasibility Study | 7,437,000 | 187,500 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Cycling and Walking – Initial funding for new/upgrade cycleways | 19,576,253 | 2,900,000 |
Galway City | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) | Nuns Island Master Planning | 322,500 | 236,000 |
Galway City | Galway Harbour Company | Regeneration of Galway City Inner Harbour | 67,037,000 | 285,000 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Phase I Tralee Town Centre - Rock Street, Russell Street and Bridge Street | 2,256,700 | 2,606,511 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Smarter Travel Killarney (Link & Public Realm) | 2,747,000 | 1,000,000 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Áras Phádraig Masterplan | 112,500 | 112,500 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Naas Library (including Public Realm works) | 4,445,243 | 4,445,243 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing | 10,500,000 | 400,000 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Newbridge Cultural and Civic Quarter | 15,097,482.47 | 492,000 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Canal Quarter Naas | 945,000 | 195,000 |
Kilkenny | Kilkenny County Council | Abbey Quarter (Public Realm enabling) | 6,154,000 | 6,154,000 |
Laois | Laois County Council | Portlaoise - A Cultural Quarter | 7,028,640 | 7,028,640 |
Laois | Laois County Council | Portlaoise - A Low Carbon Town | 2,026,372 | 2,026,372 |
Leitrim | Leitrim County Council | Public Realm Improvement Scheme for the town of Carrick on Shannon | 6,502,500 | 6,502,500 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | O’Connell Street Urban Centre Revitalisation Project | 10,500,000 | 4,500,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Digital Collaboration and Virtual Reality Centre | 4,000,000 | 937,500 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Worldclass Waterfront | 1,312,500 | 350,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Social and Economic Model | 110,000 | 110,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Living Georgian City Programme | 5,083,502 | 1,200,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Opera Project (Site enabling) | 36,775,297 | 1,839,000 |
Limerick | University of Limerick | Digital District (Inner City Digital Hub) | 14,938,201 | 750,000 |
Longford | Longford County Council | Longford Connected (Public Realm Marketsquare) | 2,990,335 | 2,990,355 |
Louth | Louth County Council | Long Walk Quarter Dundalk | 1,546,588 | 533,000 |
Louth | Louth County Council | Westgate Vision Drogheda | 5,353,234 | 476,000 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Ballina Innovation Quarter | 5,361,004 | 5,361,004 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Urban Greenway Link | 1,875,000 | 1,875,000 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Military Barracks | 14,392,500 | 141,391 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Ashbourne Road and Public Realm Improvement | 11,349,206 | 6,376,050 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Flowerhill Regeneration Project | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Navan Active Land Management Project | 3,675,000 | 3,683,000 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Railway Street Regeneration and County Archive | 187,500 | 187,500 |
Monaghan | Monaghan County Council | Dublin Street Regeneration Monaghan | 11,955,505 | 1,285,108 |
Offaly | Offaly County Council | Tullamore Urban Area (Public Realm) | 6,500,794 | 3,000,000 |
Roscommon | Roscommon County Council | Public Realm Plan - Market Square & Main Street | 4,411,326 | 4,775,075 |
Roscommon | Roscommon County Council | Roscommon Town Centre | 352,500 | 350,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Eastern Garavogue Bridge & Approach Roads Scheme | 2,400,000 | 6,000,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | O'Connell Street Enhancement | 1,236,035 | 2,134,332 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Sligo Cultural Plaza | 750,000 | 750,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Sligo Public Realm | 6,193,630 | 560,000 |
Tipperary | Tipperary County Council | Liberty Square Enhancement | 4,390,000 | 5,390,291 |
Tipperary | Tipperary County Council | Clonmel 2030 Transformational Regeneration | 4,828,865 | 10,594,961 |
Waterford | Waterford City & County Council | Waterford City and Environs - North Quays (Infrastructure enabling) | 104,500,000 | 80,618,212 |
Waterford | Waterford City & County Council | Tramore Town Centre | 2,172,500 | 2,172,500 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Loughanaskin Masterplanning | 2,500,000 | 750,000 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Canal Avenue & Environs Regeneration Project | 1,706,250 | 1,706,250 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Athlone Tourism Cultural Quarter | 4,500,000 | 750,000 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Blackhall, Mullingar | 3,270,000 | 2,452,500 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement | 3,740,000 | 750,000 |
Wexford | Wexford County Council | Trinity Wharf Project | 19,018,983 | 2,028,000 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Bray Public Transport Bridge | 6,450,000 | 6,450,000 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Arklow Historic Town Core | 2,351,013.24 | 2,351,013 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow Town - Relocation and upgrading of the library and Fitzwilliam square upgrade and street improvement. | 3,724,914 | 4,627,409 |
Total | 731,239,998 | 300,948,730 |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of works and-or projects granted funding under the urban regeneration and development fund 2021, by county. [15264/21]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocations that have been made under the urban regeneration and development fund. [15895/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 698 and 732 together.
The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), which was launched in 2018 to support more compact and sustainable development, is one of four funds established under the National Development Plan 2018-2027.
The URDF supported capital programme is applicant led and all applications for URDF support are assessed in terms of their alignment with the intended purpose of the URDF programme and also their viability before being considered for approval.
There have been two calls for proposals under the URDF. In 2019, approval in principle together with provisional funding allocations issued in respect of the 87 projects approved under the first call which was launched in 2018. The second call for proposals was launched last year, and following a rigorous assessment process I have recently approved a further 45 projects for URDF support. My Department will soon be in contact with the local authorities involved concerning the arrangements and conditions attached to this URDF support.
In this regard, it should be noted that responsibility for the advancement of URDF supported projects through the various stages of development and completion is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant successful applicant, the Sponsoring Agency. Each URDF supported project is unique as each addresses location specific issues, and many are of significant scale, complexity, and cost. As is normally the case, such projects must be carefully developed and managed by the Sponsoring Agency in accordance with the normal conditions and arrangements that apply to public sector managed projects including exercising appropriate cost control and delivering each project as approved and in full compliance with the Public Spending Code.
Table 1 lists the 87 projects approved under Call 1 together with provisional URDF funding allocations. Table 2 lists the 45 projects recently approved under Call 2 together with provisional URDF funding allocations.
TABLE 1- Projects Approved under URDF Call 1
County | Applicant | Project | Provisional Allocation |
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Carlow | Carlow County Council | Carlow Town Master Plan | 580,000 |
Cavan | Cavan County Council | Abbeylands Redevelopment -Cavan Town Centre | 262,500 |
Clare | Clare County Council | The Venue Shannon | 250,000 |
Clare | Clare County Council | Parnell Street and the Lanes and Bow-Ways | 3,665,339 |
Clare | Clare County Council | Barrack Square and Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Square and High Street | 189,000 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Beamish and Crawford / Grand Parade Quarter | 916,000 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Cork City Docklands | 450,000 |
Cork City | Port of Cork | Tivoli Docks | 1,312,500 |
Cork City | Irish Rail | Kent Station Yard (Site enabling) | 750,000 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigaline Western Relief Road | 6,400,208 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Midleton Main Street Public Improvements | 1,921,985 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Midleton Permeability Package of Proposals | 187,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Cobh UEA - Public Realm - Diaspora Centre | 277,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigaline Public Realm | 112,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Carrigtwohill – Design and Planning works | 562,500 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Mallow Town Regeneration | 1,480,500 |
Donegal | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny 2040 (Public Realm and Site Acquisition) | 1,942,536 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Santry River Restoration Project | 750,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Artists' Workspaces | 200,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Inchicore - St Michael's Estate & Environs Regeneration | 150,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Rutland Street NEIC | 8,969,460 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Park West/Cherry Orchard Industrial Lands Analysis | 150,000 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | Naas Road LAP lands | 200,000 |
Dublin City | Trinity College Dublin | Campus at Grand Canal Quay (Public Realm Re-use) | 1,500,000 |
Dublin City | Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | Redevelopment and repurposing of the historically significant No. 11 Parnell Square | 3,862,500 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Stillorgan (Public Realm works) | 7,658,379 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Action Plan | 65,679 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Spatial and Economic Action Plan for Dun Laoghaire | 75,000 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Cherrywood Public Parks, Greenways & Attenuation | 13,358,102 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan Planning and Design Works | 2,125,000 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Sustainable Swords | 375,000 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght Town Centre (Civic Plaza/Link Road) | 31,894,325 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Naas Road/Ballymount | 200,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Ardaun Upgrade of Martin Roundabout | 2,703,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Sandy Road Liosbán – Funding is to support the preparation of a Development Feasibility Study | 187,500 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Cycling and Walking – Initial funding for new/upgrade cycleways | 2,900,000 |
Galway City | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) | Nuns Island Master Planning | 236,000 |
Galway City | Galway Harbour Company | Regeneration of Galway City Inner Harbour | 285,000 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Phase I Tralee Town Centre - Rock Street, Russell Street and Bridge Street | 2,606,511 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Smarter Travel Killarney (Link & Public Realm) | 1,000,000 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Áras Phádraig Masterplan | 112,500 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Naas Library (including Public Realm works) | 4,445,243 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing | 400,000 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Newbridge Cultural and Civic Quarter | 492,000 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Canal Quarter Naas | 195,000 |
Kilkenny | Kilkenny County Council | Abbey Quarter (Public Realm enabling) | 6,154,000 |
Laois | Laois County Council | Portlaoise - A Cultural Quarter | 7,028,640 |
Laois | Laois County Council | Portlaoise - A Low Carbon Town | 2,026,372 |
Leitrim | Leitrim County Council | Public Realm Improvement Scheme for the town of Carrick on Shannon | 6,502,500 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | O’Connell Street Urban Centre Revitalisation Project | 4,500,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Digital Collaboration and Virtual Reality Centre | 937,500 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Worldclass Waterfront | 350,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Social and Economic Model | 110,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Living Georgian City Programme | 1,200,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City & County Council | Opera Project (Site enabling) | 1,839,000 |
Limerick | University of Limerick | Digital District (Inner City Digital Hub) | 750,000 |
Longford | Longford County Council | Longford Connected (Public Realm Marketsquare) | 2,990,355 |
Louth | Louth County Council | Long Walk Quarter Dundalk | 533,000 |
Louth | Louth County Council | Westgate Vision Drogheda | 476,000 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Ballina Innovation Quarter | 5,361,004 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Urban Greenway Link | 1,875,000 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Military Barracks | 141,391 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Ashbourne Road and Public Realm Improvement | 6,376,050 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Flowerhill Regeneration Project | 75,000 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Navan Active Land Management Project | 3,683,000 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Railway Street Regeneration and County Archive | 187,500 |
Monaghan | Monaghan County Council | Dublin Street Regeneration Monaghan | 1,285,108 |
Offaly | Offaly County Council | Tullamore Urban Area (Public Realm) | 3,000,000 |
Roscommon | Roscommon County Council | Public Realm Plan - Market Square & Main Street | 4,775,075 |
Roscommon | Roscommon County Council | Roscommon Town Centre | 350,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Eastern Garavogue Bridge & Approach Roads Scheme | 6,000,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | O'Connell Street Enhancement | 2,134,332 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Sligo Cultural Plaza | 750,000 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Sligo Public Realm | 560,000 |
Tipperary | Tipperary County Council | Liberty Square | 5,390,291 |
Tipperary | Tipperary County Council | Clonmel 2030 Transformational Regeneration | 10,594,961 |
Waterford | Waterford City & County Council | Waterford City and Environs - North Quays (Infrastructure enabling) | 80,618,212 |
Waterford | Waterford City & County Council | Tramore Town Centre | 2,172,500 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Loughanaskin Masterplanning | 750,000 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Canal Avenue & Environs Regeneration Project | 1,706,250 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Athlone Tourism Cultural Quarter | 750,000 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Blackhall, Mullingar | 2,452,500 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement | 750,000 |
Wexford | Wexford County Council | Trinity Wharf Project | 2,028,000 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Bray Public Transport Bridge | 6,450,000 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Arklow Historic Town Core | 2,351,013 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow Town - Relocation and upgrading of the library and Fitzwilliam square upgrade and street improvement. | 4,627,409 |
Total | 300,948,730 |
TABLE 2- Projects approved under URDF Call 2
County | Applicant | Project | Provisional Allocation |
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Carlow | Carlow County Council | Public Realm and Pedestrian Linkage Project in Carlow Town | 9,789,861 |
Cavan | Cavan County Council | Abbeylands Regeneration Project | 14,493,750 |
Clare | Clare County Council | Ennis Town Centre Public Realm Regeneration | 4,042,771 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Mallow Town Centre Regeneration. | 4,706,700 |
Cork County | Cork County Council | Passage West - Ringaskiddy - Carrigaline Harbour Cluster | 817,500 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Cork City Docklands | 353,407,500 |
Cork City | Cork City Council | Grand Parade Quarter | 46,050,000 |
Donegal | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny 2040 Phase 1: Re-Energise and Connect the Historic Town Centre | 13,599,433 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | 121,285,388 |
Dublin City | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | 53,015,166 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Cherrywood Public Access, Permeability and Amenity | 40,361,115 |
Dublin County | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Hub | 4,000,000 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan Rejuvenation | 25,438,875 |
Dublin County | Fingal County Council | Dunsink Feasibility Study - Transportation and Surface Water Assessments | 41,250 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Adamstown SDZ | 9,725,000 |
Dublin County | South Dublin County Council | Clonburris | 176,598,057 |
Galway County | Galway County Council | Oranmore Railway Station | 9,281,250 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Galway City Council Transport Connectivity Project | 40,304,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Galway Public Spaces and Streets project | 8,635,000 |
Galway City | Galway City Council | Galway – Innovation and Creativity District | 4,300,000 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Destination Killarney | 16,068,429 |
Kerry | Kerry County Council | Positioning Tralee as a Regional Economic Driver and Destination Town | 15,936,717 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Maynooth Town Centre Renewal | 1,908,750 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Naas Town Renewal Masterplan | 3,496,374 |
Kildare | Kildare County Council | Celbridge to Hazelhatch Link Road | 10,237,500 |
Kilkenny | Kilkenny County Council | Abbey Quarter Phase 2 Advancement Project | 11,460,000 |
Kilkenny | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny City Enhanced Liveability Project | 6,641,000 |
Laois | Laois County Council | Portlaoise - Placemaking for a Low Carbon Town | 9,000,000 |
Limerick | Limerick City and County Council | Living Limerick City Centre Initiative | 42,616,690 |
Limerick | Limerick City and County Council | Worldclass Waterfront | 73,400,000 |
Longford | Longford County Council | Camlin Quarter Regeneration | 10,440,941 |
Louth | Louth County Council | St. Nicholas Quarter and Backlands Regeneration | 7,487,771 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Historic Core Reactivation Initiative | 8,527,500 |
Mayo | Mayo County Council | Castlebar Military Barracks | 2,500,000 |
Meath | Meath County Council | Flowerhill | 7,661,250 |
Monaghan | Monaghan County Council | Dublin Street Regeneration Project | 13,113,557 |
Offaly | Offaly County Council | Tullamore Urban Regeneration and Development 2020 | 2,245,407 |
Roscommon | Roscommon County Council | Roscommon Town | 9,198,484 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | Implementation of Sligo City Public Realm Plan | 19,157,330 |
Sligo | Sligo County Council | City Campus - Sligo Cultural and Learn Hub | 28,683,673 |
Tipperary | Tipperary County Council | A Pathway to a Low-Carbon Society: A Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Energy driving the transformational urban regeneration of Nenagh Town Centre | 9,525,000 |
Waterford | Waterford City and County Council | Waterford City Centre Regeneration | 27,661,564 |
Westmeath | Westmeath County Council | Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement | 4,125,000 |
Wexford | Wexford County Council | Trinity Wharf | 18,485,000 |
Wicklow | Wicklow County Council | Bray Harbour Area Integrated Regeneration | 7,140,000 |
Total | 1,306,610,553 |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason funding under the urban regeneration and development fund 2021 has not been granted to Kildare County Council in respect of a second bridge in Newbridge, County Kildare. [15265/21]
Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a project (details supplied) in County Kildare did not receive funding under the recently announced urban regeneration and development fund; if the project will be considered under future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 711 together.
The second call for proposals under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund was launched in January 2020. A copy of the circular setting out the objectives of the Fund together with the application form and assessment criteria have been available on my Departments website since then, and can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/908737-how-to-apply-for-the-urban-regeneration-and-development-fund/.
The primary focus of Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is on supporting projects that will contribute to compact growth and that will improve the liveability of our cities and towns. In total, my Department received 76 project proposals (with a total URDF ask in excess of €2bn) with every local authority submitting at least one proposal, and all of which required rigorous assessment.
The quality of proposals submitted under Call 2 was generally very high, demonstrating the commitment of local authorities to avail of the opportunities provided through the URDF. Most applications were well aligned with the objectives set out in local Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES) and Metropolitan Area Strategic Plans (MASP) where relevant, demonstrating local authorities’ evident ambition to effect impactful regeneration and rejuvenation of urban areas and in that context local authorities’ clear understanding of and commitment to implementation of the National Planning Framework.
Generally, proposals were deemed suitable for URDF support for the following reasons:
(i) Proposal is the right project in the right place, addresses the particular location specific requirements and aligns well with the objectives of NPF (City/Regional Drivers);
(ii) Proposal itself is a good response to the core assessment criteria;
(iii) Proposal represents a strategic and integrated approach to Urban Regeneration (has the potential to act as a catalyst for wider advancement of the regeneration agenda)
(iv) Proposal represents a viable option for investment (viable, deliverable and sustainable)
Generally, proposals were deemed unsuitable for the following reasons:
(i) Proposal did not respond to core assessment criteria of Fund or the quality of the proposal was low;
(ii) Proposal was a routine standalone capital project more related to other capital funding sources available by another Department or Agency;
(iii) Proposal did not demonstrate value for money or was not considered deliverable or sustainable in the context of the URDF programme.
The proposal in question was one of four submitted by Kildare County Council under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. While this proposal was unsuccessful, the Council was very successful in securing €15,642,624 in URDF support which has been provisionally approved in respect of its other three proposals.
A copy of the detailed assessment of this project will soon be provided to Kildare County Council following which my officials will be available to engage with Council officials to provide any further feedback/information required.
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