Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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2010. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial support or grants that are available for a rural school to build a small all-weather sports facility on its grounds for the use of its students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29346/22]

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.

Multi-Use Gaming Areas (MUGAs) and astro-turf facilities were eligible under Measure 1 of the CLÁR 2022 Programme. This measure is administered at a local level by local authorities. A condition of the CLÁR programme is that any facilities funded on school grounds must be open to the public outside of school hours.

The 2022 CLÁR programme is now closed and the assessment process has commenced for all measures. I would encourage potential applicants to engage with their local authority with a view to submitting an application under future CLÁR Programmes.   Support may also be available under the capital investment support schemes for schools implemented by the Department of Education.