Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and name of local authorities that did not make an application for funding under Rural Regeneration and Development Fund category 2 in the last round of funding in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages across rural Ireland. A total of €277 million has been allocated to 191 projects across the country, worth a total of €375 million.

Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories – Category 1 and Category 2. Category 1 relates to large scale ambitious capital projects with all necessary planning and other consents in place and which are ready to proceed. Category 2 provides funding to enable the development of project proposals suitable for future calls for Category 1 applications.

The third call for Category 2 applications to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed on 30^thJuly 2021. My Department received 53 applications to this call. Applications were not received from the local authorities set out in the table below.

In December 2021 I announced the opening of the fourth call for Category 1 applications under the Fund. The closing date for applications is 29th April 2022. A guidance document and application form relating to the call can be accessed on my Department's website.