John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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433. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he would outline what funding has been allocated to Cork county projects as part of the town and village renewal scheme from 2020 to 2024; the projects approved, in tabular form, and if the monies for same has been drawdown by Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Town and Village Renewal Scheme, which was introduced in 2016, has to date allocated over €177 million to almost 1,800 projects nationally. The scheme, which sees our local authorities work with community actors, primarily targets funding at rural towns and villages with populations of less than 10,000. Since 2016, almost €8 million in funding has been allocated to Cork County Council for 79 projects.

I was delighted to announce the launch of the 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme last week. This 2025 scheme is intended to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland by focusing on stimulating town centre economic and social regeneration. This will be achieved through projects which support sustainable employment creation, town centre resilience and regeneration, enhancing our streetscapes, and bringing vacant and derelict buildings and lands back into use as community multi-purpose spaces through refurbishment and renovation.

There are three main funding streams available for project applications, the Main Scheme, Project Development Measures and the Building or Land Acquisition Measure. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2nd May 2025 for the Building or Land Acquisition Measure and Friday 25th July 2025 for the Main Scheme and Project Development Measure.

Applications are now invited from Local Authorities for projects in their areas. Further information is available on my Department’s website.

Since 2020, over €4.5 million in funding has been allocated to Cork County Council for 39 projects. Details of funding allocated to projects in Cork County Council from 2020 to 2024 under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme are set out in the table below.