Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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929.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the CLÁR application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25359/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department's CLÁR scheme is a targeted investment programme that provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas that experience disadvantage and significant levels of de-population.

The 2024 CLÁR programme was launched on the 12^th April last with a total budget of €8.7 million, an increase of €900,000 on the 2023 allocation. The measures to be included in the CLÁR programme are reviewed and revised, if appropriate, each year.

The measures being funded under CLÁR 2024 are:

• Measure 1: Developing Community Facilities & Amenities (funding up to €50,000)
• Measure 2: Mobility, Cancer Care, First Responder and Meals on Wheels Transport (funding up to €100,000)
• Measure 3: Our Islands (funding up to €120,000)