Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 October 2019
243. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital amounts that will be allocated to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme in 2020. [42462/19]
View answer244. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital funding to be allocated in 2020 under the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme to the Dublin north-east inner city area. [42463/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 244 together.
The original RAPID programme ran from 2001 and closed to new applications in 2011. In 2017, a nationwide re-cast RAPID programme was launched. All areas of the country were eligible for funding, and the funding was administered by Local Community Development Committees.
In early 2018, my Department completed a review of the re-cast RAPID programme and the Community Facilities Scheme (CFS). On foot of this review, I launched the new Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) in May 2018. It replaces and builds on RAPID and the CFS. Combining these schemes makes for a more flexible, streamlined and targeted approach to providing funding to those communities most in need, while reducing the level of administration involved.
I allocated €4.5 million (of capital funding) nationally to the CEP in 2019, with €212,306 allocated to the Dublin City Council area. Funding for the 2020 CEP will be finalised through the Revised Estimates process later this year. The amount to be provided to the Dublin City Council area will then be decided prior to the launch of the 2020 programme.
Separately, my Department allocated €6.5 million in 2019 to the Dublin North East Inner City area towards the implementation of recommendations in the Mulvey Report, supporting the social and economic regeneration of an area at the heart of our capital city. Again, funding for 2020 will be finalised through the Revised Estimates process later this year.
