Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2019
602. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of project approvals and the monetary value of each project to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme, respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018 per local authority and local community development committee in tabular form. [2777/19]
View answerThe nationwide re-cast RAPID programme and the Communities Facilities Scheme were launched for the first time in 2017. €65,000 was provided to each local authority area under each scheme, a total of €130,000 for each area and €4m across the country.
In 2017, 292 projects were approved under the RAPID programme. Details of each project are available on my Department's website on the following link:
https://drcd.gov.ie/revitalising-areas-by-planning-investment-and-development-rapid/.
In 2017, over 2,100 projects were approved under the Communities Facilities Scheme. Details of each project are available on my Department's website on the following link:
https://drcd.gov.ie/community/communities-facilities-scheme.
In 2018, these two programmes were replaced by the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP), which received total funding of €13m.
Detail on approved projects for 2018 are available on my Department's website on the following two links. Information is provided on over 3,000 projects that have been approved to date under both the main CEP and a ring-fenced Men's Shed fund under the CEP.
https://drcd.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/CEP-Jan-2019-Project-approvals.pdf.
https://drcd.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Mens-Sheds-Funding-Jan-2019.pdf
