Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); when the work commenced; when the work will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60833/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different Measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population over a defined period.

The project referred to by the Deputy was approved under CLÁR 2019 for €20,000.

A claim for payment in respect of this project was been received by my Department earlier this year and was subject to a pre-payment inspection. Issues were identified with the delivery of the project as part of that inspection and a preliminary letter of findings issued to the local authority.

A response was received from the local authority in respect of this preliminary letter of findings but a number of outstanding issues still remain. The local authority has been afforded additional time to address these outstanding issues.

It is expected that a final letter of findings will issue in the coming weeks.