Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38867/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a major programme of investment, established under the National Development Plan, to support large-scale, ambitious projects which can achieve sustainable economic and social development in rural areas.

The Fund was designed to deliver on the National Strategic Objective in the National Development Plan to Strengthen Rural Economies and Communities. RRDF directly supports the objectives of Our Rural Future, the Government’s five year strategy for rural development and Town Centre First policy which aims to tackle vacancy, combat dereliction and revitalise town centres.

Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories – Category 1 and Category 2.

• Category 1 relates to large scale ambitious capital projects with all necessary planning and other consents in place and which are ready to proceed.
• Category 2 provides smaller grant funding to enable the development of project proposals suitable for future calls for Category 1 applications.