Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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2634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to report on when he expects the list of successful applicants of the Community Recognition Fund to be released. [20876/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced in 2023 to recognise the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and supporting people coming to Ireland. Through the 2023 allocation, funding of €50 million was approved for some 900 projects. To further support communities, a further €50 million in funding was announced under the Community Recognition Fund in March last.

Last August, €16.4 million was approved to deliver 185 community projects across the country under the first tranche of the 2024 allocation. On 24 February, I approved over €14 million to deliver 164 projects across the country for the second tranche.

The closing date for the third and final tranche has now passed and my officials have commenced the process of reviewing the proposals submitted by each local authority. I expect to be announcing the successful projects under that tranche in the coming months.