John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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860. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Cork county projects as part of Clár funding from 2020 to 2024; the projects approved; the monies for same have been drawn down by Cork County Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15164/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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861. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Cork County projects as part of rural regeneration and development fund from 2020 to 2024; the projects approved; the monies for same have been drawn down by Cork County Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15165/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a strategic capital investment fund that is key to the delivery of Ireland's rural development policy, Our Rural Future 2021-2025. RRDF provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns, villages and rural areas across Ireland.

Funding is allocated to local authorities and other State-funded bodies, who take the lead role in individual projects and manage project spend. As a general rule, the RRDF will provide up to 80% of the total project costs, with at least 20% to be provided in matching contributions by the applicants.

Since 2020, RRDF funding of over €34.5 million of has been allocated for 13 projects across County Cork. Cork County Council is the Project Lead for 10 projects.

Funding from the RRDF is made to Project Leads over the approved lifetime of the project. This is on the basis of actual expenditure incurred, and claimed thereafter by the Lead Party through the Department of Rural and Community Development.

From 2020 to date, my department has provided Cork County Council with RRDF funding totalling c. €4.07 million for such vouched expenditure, which is set out in table 1 below.

In addition to those RRDF projects under the lead of Cork County Council, a further 3 RRDF projects have been approved in County Cork since 2020. These projects are set out in Table 2 below.

Table 2:

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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862. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Cork County projects as part of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme from 2020 to 2024; the projects approved; the monies for same that has been drawn down by Cork County Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15166/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor recreational infrastructure such as walking trails, cycleways, water-based recreation sites and mountain trails.

Between 2020 and 2024, almost €3.5 million was awarded to Cork County Council for over 40 projects.

The table attached outlines funding awarded to Cork County Council and the amount drawn down under the ORIS from 2020 to 2024.

Details relate to the funding approvals per calendar year rather than each annual iteration of the scheme. For example, projects under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the ORIS 2023 scheme were formally announced at the start of 2024 and are included under the 2024 column.

In addition to local authorities, it should be noted that state bodies and local development companies may also apply under the scheme. These are not referenced in the table.