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Urban Regeneration and Development Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 October 2020

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Questions (84, 85, 96)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

84. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that were received in round one funding of the urban regeneration and development fund in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28957/20]

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Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

85. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received by his Department for round two funding of the urban regeneration and development fund which opened earlier in 2020 under (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28964/20]

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Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

96. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the closing date and time of round 1 applications for the urban regeneration and development fund; the date and time each of the applications was received by project name, county, method of submission, that is by email and or fax and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/20]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 84, 85 and 96 together.

Call 1 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was launched in July 2018, and 189 proposals for URDF funding support were received by my Department by the closing date of 28th September 2018. My Department has provided considerable information on all applications received on its website, but this does not include precise details of time of receipt or method of submission, requested by the Deputy, which would be time-consuming to collate at this stage. All of the applications assessed were received by the deadline, and key details of all these applications for Call 1 is available at the following location on my Departments website.

https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/urban_regeneration_and_development_fund_2019_-_list_of_applications_received_1.pdf

The application process was competitive and in that context all proposals went through a rigorous assessment including consideration by a Project Advisory Board (PAB), which consisted of representatives from my Department, other relevant Government Departments, agency representation and independent national and international expert representatives.

Following this process, on 26 November 2018, 88 projects were approved for URDF support, one of which was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant.

All applicants both successful and unsuccessful received a detailed breakdown of the assessment of their proposal. Where the decision in respect of a proposal was unfavourable, applicants were offered the opportunity to request a review of the Departments decision.

Requests for a review were submitted in respect of seven proposals. Each of the proposals involved was reviewed, having regard to the PAB's original evaluation and scoring of the proposal against the URDF programme criteria. In all cases it was found there was nothing to support an outcome that would be materially different from that arrived at through the PAB process.

The following table lists the 87 projects advanced under Call 1 together with up-to-date provisional URDF funding allocations.

Applicant

Project

Provisional Allocation €000’s

Carlow County Council

Carlow Town

580,000.00

Cavan County Council

Cavan Town Centre

262,500.00

Clare County Council

The Venue Shannon

250,000.00

Clare County Council

Parnell Street and the Lanes and Bow-Ways

3,665,339.00

Clare County Council

Barrack Square and Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Square and High Street

189,000.00

Cork City Council

Beamish and Crawford / Grand Parade Quarter

916,000.00

Cork City Council

Cork City Docklands

450,000.00

Cork County Council

Carrigaline Western Relief Road

6,150,000.00

Cork County Council

Midleton Main Street Public Improvements

1,921,985.00

Cork County Council

Midleton Permeability Package of Proposals

187,500.00

Cork County Council

Cobh UEA - Public Realm - Diaspora Centre

277,500.00

Cork County Council

Carrigaline Public Realm

112,500.00

Cork County Council

Carrigtwohill

562,500.00

Cork County Council

Mallow Town Regeneration

1,480,500.00

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Stillorgan (Public Realm works)

1,609,800.00

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Action Plan

75,000.00

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Spatial and Economic Action Plan for Dun Laoghaire

75,000.00

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Cherrywood Public Parks, Greenways & Attenuation

13,358,102.00

Donegal County Council

Letterkenny 2040 (Public Realm and Site Acquisition)

1,942,536.00

Dublin City Council

Santry River Restoration Project

750,000.00

Dublin City Council

Artists' Workspaces

200,000

Dublin City Council

Inchicore - St Michael's Estate & Environs Regeneration

150,000.00

Dublin City Council

Rutland Street NEIC

8,969,460.00

Dublin City Council

Park West/Cherry Orchard Industrial Lands Analysis

150,000.00

Dublin City Council

Naas Road LAP lands

200,000.00

Fingal County Council

Balbriggan

2,125,000.00

Fingal County Council

Sustainable Swords

375,000.00

Galway City Council

Ardaun Upgrade of Martin Roundabout

2,703,000.00

Galway City Council

Sandy Road Liosbán

187,500.00

Galway City Council

Cycling and Walking

2,900,000.00

Kerry County Council

Phase I Tralee Town Centre - Rock Street, Russell Street and Bridge Street

2,505,552.00

Kerry County Council

Smarter Travel Killarney (Link & Public Realm)

1,000,000.00

Kerry County Council

Áras Phádraig Masterplan

112,500.00

Kildare County Council

Naas Library (including Public Realm works)

4,445,243.00

Kildare County Council

Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing

400,000.00

Kildare County Council

Newbridge Cultural and Civic Quarter

492,000.00

Kildare County Council

Canal Quarter Naas

195,000.00

Kilkenny County Council

Abbey Quarter (Public Realm enabling)

6,154,000.00

Laois County Council

Portlaoise - A Cultural Quarter

7,028,640.00

Laois County Council

Portlaoise - A Low Carbon Town

2,026,372.00

Leitrim County Council

Public Realm Improvement Scheme for the town of Carrick on Shannon

6,502,500.00

Limerick City & County Council

O'Connell Street

4,500,000.00

Limerick City & County Council

Digital Collaboration and Virtual Reality Centre

937,500.00

Limerick City & County Council

Worldclass Waterfront

350,000.00

Limerick City & County Council

Social and Economic Model

110,000.00

Limerick City & County Council

Living Georgian City Programme

1,200,000.00

Limerick City & County Council

Opera Project (Site enabling)

1,839,000.00

Longford County Council

Longford Connected (Public Realm Marketsquare)

2,990,355.00

Louth County Council

Long Walk Quarter Dundalk

533,000.00

Louth County Council

Westgate Vision Drogheda

476,000.00

Mayo County Council

Ballina Innovation Quarter

5,361,004.00

Mayo County Council

Castlebar Urban Greenway Link

1,875,000.00

Mayo County Council

Castlebar Military Barracks

142,500.00

Meath County Council

Ashbourne Road and Public Realm Improvement

6,376,050.00

Meath County Council

Flowerhill Regeneration Project

75,000.00

Meath County Council

Navan Active Land Management Project

3,683,000.00

Meath County Council

Railway Street Regeneration and County Archive

187,500.00

Monaghan County Council

Dublin Street Regeneration Monaghan

1,285,108.00

Offaly County Council

Tullamore Urban Area (Public Realm)

3,000,000.00

Roscommon County Council

Public Realm Plan - Market Square & Main Street

4,775,075.00

Roscommon County Council

Roscommon Town Centre

350,000.00

Sligo County Council

Eastern Garavogue Bridge & Approach Roads Scheme

6,000,000.00

Sligo County Council

O'Connell Street Enhancement

1,236,000.00

Sligo County Council

Sligo Cultural Plaza

750,000.00

Sligo County Council

Sligo Public Realm

560,000.00

South Dublin County Council

Tallaght Town Centre (Civic Plaza/Link Road)

14,850,000.00

South Dublin County Council

Naas Road/Ballymount

200,000.00

Tipperary County Council

Liberty Square Thurles

4,390,000.00

Tipperary County Council

Clonmel

9,333,124.00

Waterford City & County Council

Waterford City and Environs - North Quays (Infrastructure enabling)

6,000,000.00

Waterford City & County Council

Tramore Town Centre

2,172,500.00

Westmeath County Council

Loughanaskin

750,000.00

Westmeath County Council

Canal Avenue & Environs Regeneration Project

1,706,250.00

Westmeath County Council

Athlone Tourism Cultural Quarter

750,000.00

Westmeath County Council

Blackhall, Mullingar

2,452,500.00

Westmeath County Council

Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement

750,000.00

Wexford County Council

Trinity Wharf Project

2,028,000.00

Wicklow County Council

Bray Public Transport Bridge

6,450,000.00

Wicklow County Council

Arklow Historic Town Core

2,351,013.00

Wicklow County Council

Wicklow Town

4,627,409.00

University of Limerick

Digital District (Inner City Digital Hub)

750,000.00

Trinity College Dublin

Campus at Grand Canal Quay (Public Realm Re-use)

1,500,000.00

Port of Cork

Tivoli Docks

1,312,500.00

Irish Rail

Kent Station Yard (Site enabling)

750,000.00

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

No. 11 Parnell Square

3,862,500.00

National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)

Nuns Island Masterplanning

236,000.00

Galway Harbour Company

Regeneration of Galway City Inner Harbour

285,000.00

Total

€199,736,417

Call 2 of the URDF was launched in January this year, and 76 proposals were received by the closing date of 29th May, with every local authority submitting at least one application for URDF support. Because of the nature of the URDF programme the proposals are very complex, and each will require detailed assessment.

As this deliberative assessment process is still ongoing it would not be appropriate to provide detailed information on Call 2 proposals at this time.

It is intended that a new tranche of approved proposals, which will augment the existing pipeline of projects from Call 1 and contribute to the achievement of Programme for Government commitments and the objectives of the National Planning Framework and Project Ireland 2040, will be announced later in the year.

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