Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 May 2020
1168. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated amount of funding to be allocated to the rural regeneration and development fund over the lifetime of National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount allocated in each year over the 2018-2020 period to the fund; the amount of funding allocated for each approved project in 2018 and 2019; and the amount issued in payments to date. [6259/20]
View answerUnder Project Ireland 2040, the Government has committed €1 billion to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. The Fund has been allocated €315m over the period 2019 to 2022 and the various allocations over that period will be confirmed as part of the annual budgetary process. €52 million was allocated to the Fund for 2019 and €53 million is allocated for 2020.
Following the conclusion of the first call under the Fund in February 2019, a total of 84 successful projects had been announced, with funding of €86m provided from the Fund to support projects worth a total of €117m. Under the second call concluded in November 2019, another 26 projects were allocated funding of €62 million from the Fund. These 26 projects will deliver total investment of €97 million. Table 1 sets out the list of projects and the amount of funding which were approved under both calls.
Progress continues to be made on the implementation of the successful projects. To date, €31.8 million has been drawn down from the Fund by 66 separate projects. Now that's the Government's Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and Return to Work Safely Protocol are in place, I look forward to further progress in the implementation of projects over the coming weeks and months.
The second call for Category 2 projects relating to project development and enabling initiatives closed on the 28th February 2020. My Department is currently engaged in the assessment process in relation to the applications, carried out in conjunction with the Project Advisory Board for the Fund, which is comprised of representatives from key Government Departments and independent experts.
Table 1. List of projects which were approved for RRDF Funding under the first and second calls.
|
Project Title |
Category |
Location |
County |
Lead Applicant |
RRDF Funding |
|
Great Southern Greenway Limerick |
1 |
Abbeyfeale, Newcastlewest, Rathkeale, Ardagh |
Limerick |
Limerick City and County Council |
€2,724,657.00 |
|
gteic Hub An Spidéal |
1 |
An Spidéal |
Galway |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€548,887.00 |
|
Ardee Castle |
1 |
Ardee Castle |
Louth |
Louth County Council |
€2,147,000.00 |
|
Athenry / Bia Innovator |
1 |
Athenry |
Galway |
Galway County Council |
€3,554,000.00 |
|
An Bealach Project |
1 |
Ballaghdarreen |
Roscommon |
Roscommon Integrated Development Company Ltd |
€1,656,750.00 |
|
Ballinrobe Regeneration |
1 |
Ballinrobe |
Mayo |
Mayo County Council |
€825,000.00 |
|
International Mountain Biking Project |
1 |
Ballyhoura, Coolaney, Ticknock, Ballinastoe, Slieve Blooms |
Limerick, Cork, Sligo, Dublin, Wicklow, Offaly, Laois |
Coillte |
€10,262,900.00 |
|
Banteer Amenity Project |
1 |
Banteer |
Cork |
IRD Duhallow CLG |
€1,128,000.00 |
|
gteic Hubs |
1 |
Béal a' Mhuirthead |
Mayo |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€795,062.00 |
|
Borris Railway Viaduct |
1 |
Borris |
Carlow |
Carlow County Council |
€654,820.00 |
|
Boyle Regeneration |
1 |
Boyle Town |
Roscommon |
Roscommon County Council |
€1,705,705.00 |
|
Callan Town Regeneration |
1 |
Callan Town |
Kilkenny |
Kilkenny County Council |
€561,750.00 |
|
Castlebayney Enterprise Centre |
1 |
Castleblayney |
Monaghan |
Monaghan County Council |
€2,138,560.00 |
|
An Chistin Project |
1 |
Castlerea |
Roscommon |
Roscommon County Council |
€1,545,000.00 |
|
Claremorris Indoor Sports Facility |
1 |
Claremorris |
Mayo |
Sligo LEADER Partnership CLG |
€2,100,000.00 |
|
Cootehill Industrial Estate |
1 |
Cootehill |
Cavan |
Cavan County Council |
€867,174.00 |
|
Edgeworthstown Regeneration |
1 |
Edgeworthstown |
Longford |
Longford County Council |
€1,269,019.00 |
|
Athy / Ernest Shackleton Project |
1 |
Emily Square, Athy |
Kildare |
Kildare County Council |
€2,707,500.00 |
|
Emo Court |
1 |
Emo, Emo Court |
Laois |
Office of Public Works |
€1,200,000.00 |
|
Ennistymon Innovation Centre |
1 |
Ennistymon |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€1,023,300.00 |
|
gteic Gaoth Dobhair |
1 |
Gaoth Dobhair |
Donegal |
Udaras na Gaeltachta |
€1,500,000.00 |
|
Glenbrohane Local Hub |
1 |
Glenbrohane |
Limerick |
Ballyhoura Development CLG |
€626,369.00 |
|
Historic Granard Motte Project |
1 |
Granard |
Longford |
Longford County Council |
€2,872,434.00 |
|
Johnstown Castle & Gardens |
1 |
Johnstown Castle |
Wexford |
TEAGASC |
€658,696.00 |
|
Vandeleur Estate |
1 |
Kilrush |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€1,720,000.00 |
|
Kinsale Library Project |
1 |
Kinsale |
Cork |
Cork County Council |
€2,157,375.00 |
|
The Seaworld Project |
1 |
Lahinch |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€2,860,000.00 |
|
Loophead Visitor Attraction |
1 |
Loophead |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€868,500.00 |
|
Murroe Community Hub |
1 |
Murroe |
Limerick |
Ballyhoura Development CLG |
€3,816,451.00 |
|
National Parks |
1 |
National Parks (multiple) |
(6) Clare; Donegal; Galway; Kerry; Mayo; Wicklow |
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
€3,915,000.00 |
|
National Centre of Excellent for Surfing |
1 |
Strandhill |
Sligo |
Sligo County Council |
€615,752.00 |
|
Swan Park |
1 |
Swan Park, Buncrana |
Donegal |
Donegal County Council |
€1,728,042.00 |
|
Thomastown Regeneration |
1 |
Thomastown |
Kilkenny |
Kilkenny County Council |
€2,080,486.00 |
|
Tipperary Town Regeneration |
1 |
Tipperary Town |
Tipperary |
Tipperary County Council |
€600,000.00 |
|
Tullycross Residential Education Centre |
1 |
Tullycross, Renvyle |
Galway |
Western Development Commission |
€1,728,000.00 |
|
Valentia Trans-Atlantic Cable Station |
1 |
Valentia Island |
Kerry |
Kerry County Council |
€1,270,000.00 |
|
DigiWest |
1 |
Various |
Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon |
Western Development Commission |
€644,734.00 |
|
The Yeats Trail |
1 |
Yeats Trail |
Sligo |
Sligo County Council |
€500,000.00 |
|
Virginia Civic Centre |
1 |
Virginia |
Cavan |
Cavan County Council |
€3,963,525.00 |
|
Multifunctional Performance Auditorium at Cnoc na Gaoithe Cultural Centre, Tulla |
1 |
Tulla |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€900,000.00 |
|
Briery Gap Theatre and Library |
1 |
Macroom |
Cork |
Cork County Council |
€2,000,000.00 |
|
Kanturk Regeneration - Phase 1 |
1 |
Kanturk |
Cork |
Cork County Council |
€619,500.00 |
|
Killybegs 2040 - Town Centre Regeneration Project |
1 |
Killybegs |
Donegal |
Donegal County Council |
€3,631,758.00 |
|
Ailt an Chorráin (Burtonport)/ Oilean Árainn Mhór (Arranmore Island) - Harbour to Island Regeneration |
1 |
Burtonport/Arranmore Island |
Donegal |
Donegal County Council |
€3,089,199.00 |
|
Regeneration Loughrea, Breaking through |
1 |
Loughrea |
Galway |
Galway County Council |
€1,628,879.00 |
|
Listowel Food Hub |
1 |
Listowel |
Kerry |
North East West Kerry Development NEWKD |
€1,365,226.00 |
|
Barrow Blueway, 46km |
1 |
Barrow Blueway |
Kildare, Laois |
Kildare County Council |
€5,067,941.00 |
|
The Junction, Ballinamore - Regeneration of Ballinamore |
1 |
Ballinamore |
Leitrim |
Leitrim County Council |
€1,728,075.00 |
|
Manorhamilton Public Realm improvement works including re-imagining employment and Enterprise Lands |
1 |
Manorhamilton |
Leitrim |
Leitrim County Council |
€1,613,250.00 |
|
The Yard, Abbeyshrule - Community and Economic Hub |
1 |
Abbeyshrule |
Longford |
Longford County Council |
€522,265.71 |
|
Áras Scéalta an Atlantaigh - Visitor Centre and Tourism Hub |
1 |
Aghleam |
Mayo |
Udaras na Gaeltachta |
€1,879,350.00 |
|
Ballintubber Abbey Culture and Heritage Visitor Centre |
1 |
Claremorris |
Mayo |
Mayo County Council |
€2,677,352.00 |
|
Clew Bay Greenway Project |
1 |
|
Mayo |
Mayo County Council |
€1,924,800.00 |
|
Trim Library and Cultural Centre |
1 |
Trim |
Meath |
Meath County Council |
€3,718,670.00 |
|
Kells Creative Placemaking (Phase 1) - Kells Courthouse Cultural Hub and Kells Printworks and Topgraphy Centre |
1 |
Kells |
Meath |
Meath County Council |
€992,834.00 |
|
Castleblayney Market Square Regeneration |
1 |
Castleblaney |
Monaghan |
Monaghan County Council |
€2,611,150.00 |
|
Edenderry Regeneration - Phase 1 |
1 |
Edenderry |
Offaly |
Offaly County Council |
€522,207.00 |
|
Life Sciences Innovation Hub and Soft Landing Space |
1 |
Athlone |
Roscommon |
Roscommon County Council |
€2,751,544.16 |
|
Roscrea Enterprise, Digital and Social Impact Hub |
1 |
Roscrea |
Tipperary |
North Tipperary Development Company |
€1,925,546.00 |
|
Fetherd Town Park |
1 |
Fethard |
Tipperary |
Tipperary County Council |
€2,600,000.00 |
|
Templemore Town Hall: Enterprise and Cultutal Centre, with associated Civic Plaza |
1 |
Templemore |
Tipperary |
Tipperary County Council |
€2,107,500.00 |
|
Ireland's Global Garden - Mount Congreve Estate |
1 |
Kilmeaden |
Waterford |
Waterford City and County Council |
€3,726,000.00 |
|
Wexfordia - the New Ross Tourism Transformation |
1 |
New Ross |
Wexford |
Wexford County Council |
€5,560,000.00 |
|
Making Baltinglass the Hub for South West Wicklow |
1 |
Baltinglass |
Wicklow |
Wicklow County Council |
€2,675,226.00 |
|
Anne’s Grove |
2 |
Anne’s Grove |
Cork |
OPW |
€375,000.00 |
|
Ardee Regeneration |
2 |
Ardee |
Louth |
Louth County Council |
€526,743.75 |
|
Kildare Town Centre Regeneration |
2 |
Athy |
Kildare |
Kildare County Council |
€80,000.00 |
|
Coláiste Íosagáin Campus |
2 |
Baile Bhuirne/Coláiste Íosagáin |
Cork |
Udaras na Gaeltachta |
€180,000.00 |
|
Baile na Fheirtéaraigh Development |
2 |
Baile na Fheirtéaraigh |
Kerry |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€292,500.00 |
|
Creative Studios Ballaghdarreen |
2 |
Ballaghdarreen |
Roscommon |
Roscommon Integrated Development Company Ltd |
€20,250.00 |
|
Altmont House and Gardens |
2 |
Ballon |
Carlow |
OPW |
€450,000.00 |
|
Ballybay Regeneration |
2 |
Ballybay |
Monaghan |
Monaghan County Council |
€410,400.00 |
|
Kenmare |
2 |
Kenmare |
Kerry |
Kerry County Council |
€275,000*
* Project cancelled |
|
Ballydesmond |
2 |
Ballydesmond |
Cork |
Cork County Council |
€56,250.00 |
|
Ballyjamesduff Regeneration Strategy |
2 |
Ballyjamesduff |
Cavan |
Cavan County Council |
€90,000.00 |
|
Blackwater River Valley |
2 |
Blackwater Valley |
Waterford |
Waterford Leader Partnership |
€128,842.00 |
|
Boyne Navigation and Greenway |
2 |
Boyne Navigation and Greenway |
Meath |
Meath County Council |
€845,250.00 |
|
Carrickmacross Town Centre Renewal |
2 |
Carrickmacross |
Monaghan |
Monaghan County Council |
€632,000.00 |
|
The Clones Terminus |
2 |
Cavan to Monaghan |
Cavan to Monaghan |
Waterways Ireland |
€325,000.00 |
|
Clones Regeneration |
2 |
Clones |
Monaghan |
Monaghan County Council |
€377,250.00 |
|
Cootehill Technology Park |
2 |
Cootehill |
Cavan |
Cavan County Council |
€56,000.00 |
|
Digital Innovation Hub Strategy |
2 |
Cork County |
Cork |
Cork County Council |
€206,168.00 |
|
Dingle Workhouse Masterplan |
2 |
Dingle Workhouse |
Kerry |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€415,000.00 |
|
Ireland’s National Parks |
2 |
Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Wicklow |
Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Wicklow |
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht - NPWS |
€1,466,250.00 |
|
Doolin Pier |
2 |
Doolin |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€465,571.00 |
|
Dunmore Regeneration |
2 |
Dunmore |
Galway |
Galway County Council |
€960,909.00 |
|
Edenderry Masterplan |
2 |
Edenderry |
Offaly |
Offaly County Council |
€75,000.00 |
|
Community Facilities Enfield |
2 |
Enfield |
Meath |
Meath County Council |
€726,000.00 |
|
The Cliff Bath House |
2 |
Enniscrone |
Sligo |
Sligo County Council |
€131,250.00 |
|
Esmonde Street Gorey |
2 |
Ferrycarraig and the Hook Peninsuala |
Wexford |
Wexford County Council |
€1,087,340.00 |
|
Úibh Ráthach Action Plan |
2 |
Gaeltacht Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh Taskforce |
Kerry |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€174,351.00 |
|
Market House Gorey |
2 |
Gorey |
Wexford |
Wexford County Council |
€429,145.37 |
|
Ferrycarraig and the Hook Peninsuala |
2 |
Gorey |
Wexford |
Wexford County Council |
€95,224.00 |
|
Inis Cealtra Island |
2 |
Inis Cealtra |
Clare |
Clare County Council |
€920,500.00 |
|
Kell’s Heritage Development |
2 |
Kells |
Meath |
Meath County Council |
€210,000.00 |
|
Community Shops Kilkenny |
2 |
Kilkenny |
Kilkenny |
Kilkenny LEADER Partnership |
€60,000.00 |
|
Ocean Innovation Centre Ireland |
2 |
Killybegs |
Donegal |
Letterkenny Institute of Technology |
€293,436.00 |
|
Kinnegad Regeneration |
2 |
Kinnegad |
Westmeath |
Westmeath County Council |
€600,000.00 |
|
Kinvara Boardwalk and Walkway |
2 |
Kinvara |
Galway |
Galway County Council |
€124,781.25 |
|
Smart Green Mohill |
2 |
Mohill |
Leitrim |
Leitrim County Council |
€37,500.00 |
|
Monasterevin Town Centre Regeneration |
2 |
Monasterevin |
Kildare |
Kildare County Council |
€78,000.00 |
|
Geopark Development |
2 |
Multi Location |
Mayo, Galway |
Geological Survey Ireland |
€969,387.00 |
|
Cycle Network |
2 |
Multi Location |
Mayo |
Mayo County Council |
€75,000.00 |
|
Wild Atlantic Way |
2 |
Multiple |
Clare / Kerry |
Fáilte Ireland |
€666,300.00 |
|
Enterprise Hub New Ross |
2 |
New Ross |
Wexford |
Wexford County Council |
€328,407.00 |
|
West Limerick Tourism Gateway |
2 |
Newcastle West |
Limerick |
Limerick City and County Council |
€330,000.00 |
|
Rathcormac Strategy for Development |
2 |
Rathormac |
Cork |
Avondhu Blackwater partnership CLG |
€122,025.00 |
|
Trim Castle |
2 |
Trim |
Meath |
OPW |
€262,500.00 |
|
Tuam Regeneration Strategy |
2 |
Tuam |
Galway |
Galway County Council |
€175,000.00 |
|
Tourism Experiences |
2 |
Westport and Cong |
Mayo |
Mayo County Council |
€56,000.00 |
