Written answers

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Department of Rural and Community Development

Rural Schemes

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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141. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that will be rolled out under the CLÁR programme in 2022; the total amount of funding allocated to the programme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17915/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware,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.

In February, I launched this year's programme, with a total budget of €7 million, an increase of €1.5 million on the previous year.

The measures being funded under CLÁR 2022 are:

Measure 1: Developing Community Facilities & Amenities

Measure 2: Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport

Measure 3: Our Islands

Measure 1 is being administered directly by the local authorities and will support a variety of capital interventions that contribute to the enhancement of existing and/or the development of new accessible community recreation facilities.

Measure 2 is being administered directly by my Department and is open to established organisations that operate entirely on a voluntary basis and provide:

- transport to/from day care or other medical/therapy/respite services for those with significant mobility issues; or

- transport to/from designated cancer treatment hospitals/centres under the National Cancer Care Programme; or

- community first response support or search and rescue operations.

Measure 3 is being administered directly by my Department and will fund community transport vehicles and outdoor community recreation amenities on the islands.

The 2022 CLÁR programme scheme outlines, application forms and submission deadline dates for Measures 2 and 3 can be found on my Department's website.

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