Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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633. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund category one funding application submitted by Clare County Council to her Department for Kilrush maritime training centre; when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56343/22]

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 and rural areas across Ireland.

The fourth call for Category 1 applications to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed on the 29^thApril 2022. Category 1 relates to large scale ambitious capital projects with all necessary planning and other consents in place, and which are ready to proceed.

On 10^thNovember 2022, I announced the successful applications under this call. Funding of €115 million was approved for 23 projects worth €162 million. The application for the Kilrush Maritime Centre project submitted by Clare County Council was allocated funding of €3,536,919.

My Department will now commence a due diligence process with the successful applicants. Projects are initially approved for funding in principle and then progress through a further comprehensive contract approval process.