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 depopulation over a defined period.

Since the programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures with almost €70.5 million being approved for almost 2,400 projects throughout rural Ireland.

Funding of almost €13 million for 302 projects was approved under CLÁR 2023. It included support for a vast array of projects that will benefit people of all ages and abilities such as sports facilities, playgrounds, sensory gardens, outdoor cinemas, walking tracks and community gyms.

The specific measures funded under CLÁR 2023 were:

• Developing Community Facilities and Amenities (Measure 1)
• Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport (Measure 2)
• Specific funding for projects located on the islands’ (Measure 3)

I will be reviewing the measures to be included in the 2024 CLÁR programme in advance of its launch in the coming months.