Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of major amenity and regeneration projects funded by his Department or through the URDF in the past five years, if he will comment on the balance of investment between the northside and southside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development Plan.

To date, there have been three rounds ('calls') of funding provided under the URDF, with approximately €1.9 billion allocated so far. URDF-supported projects are now active in every local authority area in the country.

While Calls 1 and 2 were for specific regeneration projects, the latest round of funding (Call 3) is to address long term vacancy and dereliction, while supporting the key objectives of Housing for All and Town Centre First.

The following tables show the breakdown of funding allocation figures across the 3 URDF calls, for each of the four Dublin area local authorities.

It should be noted that responsibility for the composition of any applications for URDF funding, as well as their advancement through the various stages of planning, development and completion is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant sponsoring agency (the local authority in this case).

An interactive GIS Story Map site, containing details of all successful URDF projects under Call 1 and Call 2, is available to give elected representatives and members of the public access up-to-date information on all URDF supported projects at a Local Authority level. The site is available through the URDF site at: www.gov.ie/URDF

* Note that URDF funding allocation figures include funding towards Staff resources.