Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Rural and Community Development
Departmental Schemes
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1998. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for small-scale rural projects, such as CLÁR by 10%. [28951/22]
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.
A total of €45.2 million has been approved for over 1,800 CLÁR projects since the programme was re-established in 2016.
I launched this year's programme in February with a total budget of €7 million. This represents an increase of €1.5 million, or 27%, on the budget for the 2021 CLÁR programme. Based on the 2022 allocation a 10% increase in allocated funding for the scheme would cost in the region of €700,000.
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1999. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications that have been received by her Department under CLÁR funding; and the number of successful applications; and the number rejected by county in each year since 2015. [28952/22]
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.
CLÁR was re-launched in 2016 following a number of years when the scheme was closed to new applications. Since then, almost 1,800 projects have been supported with funding of over €45.2 million.
The measures being funded under CLÁR 2022 are:
Measure 1: Developing Community Facilities and Amenities
Measure 2: Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport
Measure 3: ‘Our Islands’
The 2022 CLÁR programme is now closed for application under all measures and the assessment process has commenced.
The tables below set out the number of applications received, approved and not approved over the period 2016 to 2021 under the CLÁR Programme.
CLÁR Applications 2016 – 2021
2016 | |||
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County | Received | Approved | Not approved |
Carlow | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Cavan | 33 | 33 | 0 |
Clare | 27 | 27 | 0 |
Cork | 82 | 35 | 47 |
Donegal | 117 | 78 | 39 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 62 | 57 | 5 |
Kerry | 123 | 27 | 96 |
Kilkenny | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Laois | 24 | 24 | 0 |
Leitrim | 27 | 20 | 7 |
Limerick | 38 | 29 | 9 |
Longford | 20 | 18 | 2 |
Louth | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Mayo | 81 | 38 | 43 |
Meath | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Monaghan | 49 | 29 | 20 |
Offaly | 18 | 14 | 4 |
Roscommon | 39 | 32 | 7 |
Sligo | 51 | 50 | 1 |
Tipperary | 48 | 43 | 5 |
Waterford | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Westmeath | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicklow | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 928 | 638 | 290 |
2017 | |||
---|---|---|---|
County | Received | Approved | Not approved |
Carlow | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Cavan | 29 | 12 | 17 |
Clare | 21 | 10 | 11 |
Cork | 27 | 9 | 18 |
Donegal | 36 | 10 | 26 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 28 | 15 | 13 |
Kerry | 29 | 8 | 21 |
Kilkenny | 15 | 4 | 11 |
Laois | 20 | 5 | 15 |
Leitrim | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Limerick | 24 | 10 | 14 |
Longford | 24 | 12 | 12 |
Louth | 20 | 10 | 10 |
Mayo | 29 | 22 | 7 |
Meath | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Monaghan | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Offaly | 22 | 9 | 13 |
Roscommon | 22 | 12 | 10 |
Sligo | 23 | 9 | 14 |
Tipperary | 25 | 15 | 10 |
Waterford | 28 | 10 | 18 |
Westmeath | 24 | 3 | 21 |
Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicklow | 16 | 4 | 12 |
Total | 521 | 231 | 290 |
2018 | |||
---|---|---|---|
County | Received | Approved | Not approved |
Carlow | 13 | 10 | 3 |
Cavan | 20 | 16 | 4 |
Clare | 24 | 17 | 7 |
Cork | 29 | 22 | 7 |
Donegal | 28 | 20 | 8 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 30 | 22 | 8 |
Kerry | 40 | 31 | 9 |
Kilkenny | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Laois | 18 | 15 | 3 |
Leitrim | 24 | 18 | 6 |
Limerick | 23 | 14 | 9 |
Longford | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Louth | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Mayo | 44 | 31 | 13 |
Meath | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Monaghan | 20 | 18 | 2 |
Offaly | 19 | 13 | 6 |
Roscommon | 20 | 14 | 6 |
Sligo | 22 | 17 | 5 |
Tipperary | 31 | 22 | 9 |
Waterford | 18 | 15 | 3 |
Westmeath | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicklow | 18 | 10 | 8 |
Total | 525 | 389 | 136 |
2019 | |||
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County | Received | Approved | Not Approved |
Carlow | 11 | 2 | 9 |
Cavan | 26 | 11 | 15 |
Clare | 20 | 8 | 12 |
Cork | 29 | 8 | 21 |
Donegal | 31 | 12 | 19 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 30 | 13 | 17 |
Kerry | 35 | 17 | 18 |
Kilkenny | 13 | 4 | 9 |
Laois | 19 | 4 | 15 |
Leitrim | 30 | 11 | 19 |
Limerick | 18 | 2 | 16 |
Longford | 23 | 14 | 9 |
Louth | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Mayo | 38 | 18 | 20 |
Meath | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Monaghan | 19 | 9 | 10 |
Offaly | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Roscommon | 28 | 12 | 16 |
Sligo | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Tipperary | 23 | 8 | 15 |
Waterford | 20 | 3 | 17 |
Westmeath | 23 | 4 | 19 |
Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicklow | 13 | 3 | 10 |
Total | 494 | 179 | 315 |
2020 | |||
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County | Received | Approved | Not Approved |
Carlow | 12 | 3 | 9 |
Cavan | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Clare | 16 | 9 | 7 |
Cork | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Donegal | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 22 | 15 | 7 |
Kerry | 43 | 31 | 12 |
Kilkenny | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Laois | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Leitrim | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Limerick | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Longford | 14 | 11 | 3 |
Louth | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Mayo | 23 | 16 | 7 |
Meath | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Monaghan | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Offaly | 16 | 5 | 11 |
Roscommon | 19 | 12 | 7 |
Sligo | 14 | 9 | 5 |
Tipperary | 13 | 4 | 9 |
Waterford | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Westmeath | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Wexford | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wicklow | 11 | 2 | 9 |
Total | 339 | 186 | 153 |
2021 | |||
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County | Received | Approved | Not Approved |
Carlow | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Cavan | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Clare | 18 | 9 | 9 |
Cork | 27 | 11 | 16 |
Donegal | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Dublin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Galway | 21 | 11 | 10 |
Kerry | 30 | 17 | 13 |
Kilkenny | 11 | 2 | 9 |
Laois | 14 | 4 | 10 |
Leitrim | 16 | 10 | 6 |
Limerick | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Longford | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Louth | 12 | 2 | 10 |
Mayo | 27 | 11 | 16 |
Meath | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Monaghan | 14 | 9 | 5 |
National Organisations | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Offaly | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Roscommon | 14 | 8 | 6 |
Sligo | 14 | 8 | 6 |
Tipperary | 14 | 4 | 10 |
Waterford | 14 | 6 | 8 |
Westmeath | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicklow | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Total | 357 | 162 | 195 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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2000. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for rural development, regional affairs and the islands by 5%, 10% and 20%, respectively. [28953/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The total gross allocation provided to my Department in 2022 is €378.5 million. This total allocation is split across three programme areas, with €202.3 million allocated to the Rural Development, Regional Affairs and the Islands programme area. The full year cost of increasing funding for this programme area by 5%, 10% and 20% is outlined in the below table.
Funding for this programme area in 2022 is more than double the €93.4 million in funding which was available in 2018. This demonstrates the Government's commitment to this policy area, with schemes such as Town and Village Renewal, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the Local Improvement Scheme all benefiting from these funding increases and supporting rural development throughout the country.
€, m | Total allocation | Cost of increase |
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2022 Estimate | 202.255 | n/a |
5% Increase | 212.368 | 10.113 |
10% Increase | 222.481 | 20.226 |
20% Increase | 242.706 | 40.451 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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2001. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for the local improvement scheme by 10%. [28954/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring that the Scheme is funded into the future.
From 2017 to 2021, my Department allocated €80 million towards improvement works on over 3,000 non-public roads and lanes benefiting over 13,300 landowners and residents in these rural areas. I was pleased, as part of Budget 2022, to announce an increase in the base funding for LIS from €10.5 million to €11 million this year.
I announced details of the €11 million 2022 LIS Scheme in early April and approvals have issued for works to commence. Based on the 2022 allocation a 10% increase in allocated funding for the scheme would cost in the region of €1.1 million.
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