Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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2094. 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 Westmeath in 2022; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; and the completion dates for each project in tabular form. [38632/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme is funded by my Department under Our Rural Future. The Scheme provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor infrastructure such as trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways throughout rural Ireland.

The Scheme is central to Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors, the new National Outdoor Recreation Strategy, which is set to shape the future of outdoor recreation over the next five years. The Strategy will ensure that there is a joined up and coordinated approach to deliver maximum impact from the significant investment in the sector and to build on the natural advantages in place.

Since the launch of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme in 2016, funding of in excess of €106 million has supported more than 1,500 projects across the country. Indeed, over €4.2 million of this has been allocated to 66 projects in County Westmeath.

The table below sets out the funding allocated by my Department to County Westmeath under Measure 1 and 2 of the 2022 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. No funding under Measure 3 was approved under this allocation.