CLÁR Programme

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Questions (898)

Claire Kerrane

Question:

898. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received by her Department under CLÁR funding; the number of successful applications; and the number rejected on by county in each year since 2015. [20087/20]

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Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development

The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not available within the timeframe required to respond to this question.

However, I have asked my officials to collate the information requested and I will provide it to the Deputy in the coming days.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

The Minister for Rural and Community Development provided the following material to the Deputy on the 1st September, in relation to detailed information concerning the CLÁR programme which the Deputy sought in Parliamentary Question No. 898 of 30th July 2020 (Ref. 20087/20) to ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received by her Department under CLÁR funding; the number of successful applications; and the number rejected on by county in each year since 2015.’

CLÁR (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) is a targeted investment programme for rural areas that provides funding for small infrastructural projects in areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.

The CLÁR programme was re-launched in 2016 following a number of years when the scheme was closed for new applications. Since then, almost €33 million has been allocated to over 1,400 projects under the programme.

The tables below provide details of all applications received, approved and unsuccessful from 2016 to 2019 by county where there is an area eligible for CLÁR funding.

CLÁR applications received, approved and unsuccessful, by county from 2016-2019

County	2016	2016	2016	2017	2017	2017
	Received	Approved	Unsuccessful	Received	Approved	Unsuccessful
Carlow	18	18	0	5	5	0
Cavan	33	33	0	29	12	17
Clare	27	27	0	21	10	11
Cork	82	35	47	27	9	18
Donegal	117	78	39	36	10	26
Galway	62	57	5	28	15	13
Kerry	123	27	96	29	8	21
Kilkenny	9	9	0	15	4	11
Laois	24	24	0	20	5	15
Leitrim	27	20	7	21	17	4
Limerick	38	29	9	24	10	14
Longford	20	18	2	24	12	12
Louth	8	6	2	20	10	10
Mayo	81	38	43	29	22	7
Meath	7	7	0	11	4	7
Monaghan	49	29	20	22	16	6
Offaly	18	14	4	22	9	13
Roscommon	39	32	7	22	12	10
Sligo	51	50	1	23	9	14
Tipperary	48	43	5	25	15	10
Waterford	25	23	2	28	10	18
Westmeath	19	18	1	24	3	21
Wicklow	3	3	0	16	4	12
TOTALS	928	638	290	521	231	290

County	2018	2018	2018	2019	2019	2019
	Received	Approved	Unsuccessful	Received	Approved	Unsuccessful
Carlow	13	10	3	11	2	9
Cavan	20	16	4	26	11	15
Clare	24	17	7	20	8	12
Cork	29	22	7	29	8	21
Donegal	28	20	8	31	12	19
Galway	30	22	8	30	13	17
Kerry	40	31	9	35	17	18
Kilkenny	13	11	2	13	4	9
Laois	18	15	3	19	4	15
Leitrim	24	18	6	30	11	19
Limerick	23	14	9	18	2	16
Longford	19	14	5	23	14	9
Louth	17	12	5	9	4	5
Mayo	44	31	13	38	18	20
Meath	13	11	2	8	2	6
Monaghan	20	18	2	19	9	10
Offaly	19	13	6	10	2	8
Roscommon	20	14	6	28	12	16
Sligo	22	17	5	18	8	10
Tipperary	31	22	9	23	8	15
Waterford	18	15	3	20	3	17
Westmeath	22	16	6	23	4	19
Wicklow	18	10	8	13	3	10
TOTALS	525	389	136	494	179	315