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Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Department of Rural and Community Development

Rural Schemes

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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1944. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the CLÁR Programme in County Donegal in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project; if the funding has been drawn down from her Department for each project in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19675/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The CLÁR programme is a targeted investment programme, funded under 'Our Rural Future',which provides funding for small-scale infrastructural projects in rural areas that have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. 

Since the programme was relaunched in October 2016, funding of €45 million has been approved for over 1,750 projects. The 2022 CLÁR programme was launched on the 24th February last with an increased budget of €7 million. The measures being funded this year are:-

- Measure 1: Developing Community Facilities & Amenities;

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

- Measure 3: Our Islands.

Over the past 3 years, 32 projects have benefited from funding of over €1 million in Donegal under CLÁR. Last year, €383,470 was approved in respect of 8 projects. These are progressing, with the  deadline for draw down set for 31st August 2022.

In 2020, funding of €339,680 was approved in respect of a further 12 projects. 9 of these projects are complete and 3 remain to be drawn down.

In 2019, CLÁR  funding of €295,134 was approved in respect of 12 projects. All of these projects are now completed, with the associated funding drawn down in full.

The following table below details individual projects and is set out in the format as requested by the Deputy.

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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1945. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in County Donegal in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project; if the funding has been drawn down from her Department for each project in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19676/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) is funded by my Department under Our Rural Future in partnership with Fáilte Ireland. ORIS provides funding under a number of measures for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the necessary repair, enhancement or promotion of existing outdoor recreation infrastructure in countryside areas across Ireland. Such infrastructure includes for example trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways in rural areas. Measures include:

- Measure 1 for small scale projects requiring funding of up to €30,000,

- Measure 2 for medium scale projects with funding of up to €200,000,

- Measure 3 for large scale projects seeking funding of up to €500,000, and

- Project Development Measure funding of up to €50,000 for development costs for strategic large scale projects

To date, the Scheme has provided funding of over €87 million in respect of 1,200 projects nationwide. I launched the 2022 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme in February this year with a fund of €15 million.

I have set out in the following table details of the approved ORIS projects in Donegal over the time period requested by the deputy.

">Approved ORIS Projects

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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1946. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in County Donegal in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 including; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project; if the funding has been drawn down from her Department for each project in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was first introduced in 2016 and is one of a series of national and local support measures designed to rejuvenate small rural towns and villages throughout Ireland under my Development’s rural development investment programme.

The Scheme provides supports for projects that revitalise Ireland's rural towns and villages. The projects supported range from public realm improvement, community parks, digital hubs, as well as the regeneration of derelict buildings, enhancement works at tourism attractions and other important local amenities.

Since the launch of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, over €113 million of funding has been approved for more than 1,400 projects across Ireland.  I will shortly announce the details of the 2022 Town & Village Renewal Scheme.

The table at the link outlines the status of each individual project approved under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) in County Donegal in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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