Catherine Callaghan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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1471. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual CEP/CSF allocations to Carlow LCDC and Kilkenny LCDC and the project-level awards listing recipient, project purpose, amount approved, amount paid, and municipal district with annual totals by county, by year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48793/25]

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)
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The Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) was launched in 2018. Now known as the Local Enhancement Programme (LEP), it has distributed funding of almost €66 million since it began in 2018.

The LEP provides funding to assist thousands of community groups across the country with mostly capital supports to help with small capital projects and the purchase of equipment. A number of iterations of the programme also provided current funding to provide support towards utility bills, rental/lease costs, insurance costs etc. 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.

Details of Carlow and Kilkenny LCDC’s overall funding allocations under the CEP/LEP from 2020 – 2025 are available in the table below. Details of the allocations for LEP 2026 will be announced later in the year.

Details of individual projects awarded funding under the LEP and its various iterations can be found on my Departments website: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development-and-the-gaeltacht/policy-information/local-enhancement-programme/.