Strand one of the RAPID programme targets 25 urban areas and strand two targets 20 provincial towns. These areas are listed in the table which follows. While no specific budget was allocated to the RAPID programme, it was stated at the time that:
Under the National Development Plan up to €15 billion has been earmarked for social inclusion measures, to be spent on development measures over the next five years. The RAPID programme will prioritise the 25 identified areas and frontload a significant share of this money to them over the next three years.
My Department, supported by Area Development Management Limited, co-ordinates the implementation of the programme. While I can provide details of allocations made by my Department to RAPID areas, it is neither practicable nor possible to quantify total spend on RAPID across all Departments. For this reason and because no specific budget was allocated to RAPID, it is not possible to provide the remainder of the information requested.
Tables:
Strand I RAPID Areas
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Strand II RAPID Areas
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Blanchardstown
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Athlone
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Bray
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Athy
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Clondalkin
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Ballinasloe
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Cork — Blackpool / The Glen / Mayfield
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Carlow
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Cork — Fairhill / Gurranebraher / Farranree
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Carrick-on-Suir
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Cork — Knocknaheeney / Churchfield
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Cavan
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Cork — Togher / Mahon
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Clonmel
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Dublin — Ballymun
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Ennis
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Dublin — Finglas
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Galway
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Dublin — North East Inner City
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Kilkenny
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Dublin — North West Inner City
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Longford
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Dublin — Northside
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Mallow
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Dublin — South East Inner City
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Navan
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Dublin — South Inner City
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New Ross
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Dublin — South West Inner City
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Sligo
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Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown
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Tipperary
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Limerick — Kings Island
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Tralee
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Limerick — Northside
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Tuam
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Limerick — Southside
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Wexford
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Drogheda
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Youghal
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Dundalk
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Tallaght — Jobstown
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Tallaght — Killinarden
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Tallaght — Fettercairn
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Waterford
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