Mark Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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353. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community enhancement programme grants allocated over the past three years, by local authority; the location and amount of each grant, in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2018, the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) and its iterations has provided almost €59 million in funding to over 26,000 community and voluntary projects throughout the country.

In 2023, the CEP was replaced by the Local Enhancement Programme (LEP). The LEP 2025 was launched last November with €7 million available to assist thousands of community groups across the country by providing capital and current supports. The LEP is targeted to the specific challenges facing local community groups and delivers immediate, tangible supports where they are needed most.

The LEP is administered locally on behalf of my Department by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) across the country, with support from their local authority. The relevant LCDC is allocated funding each year, they then receive and appraise applications, making determinations on how the funding can best support their communities.

The LEP 2025 closed to applications on the 7th March 2025. My officials are currently awaiting the lists of approved projects under the LEP 2025 to be submitted by the LCDCs.

The table below provides the allocations made to each local authority over the past 3 years. Details of the individual projects, their locations and the grant amount awarded can be located on my Departments website www.gov.ie/drcd .

Details of the successful projects under LEP 2025 will also be published on the website when they are available. -