Alan Dillon
Question:817. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out information (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31108/23]
View answerTuesday, 27 June 2023
Questions (817)
Written answers
The CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period.
Under CLÁR 2022, I awarded a record €12.2 million for over 290 projects. I launched the 2023 Programme in March this year and the measures to be funded are:
• Developing Community Facilities and Amenities (Measure 1)
• Mobility, Cancer Care and Community First Responders Transport (Measure 2)
• ‘Our Islands’ (Measure 3)
Some 330 applications have been received across all the measures with total funding requested of in excess of €14 million. The assessment process is now underway and I expect to be in a position to make a decision on the Measure 2 projects in the coming weeks and on the Measure 1 and 3 projects in September.
With regard to Mayo, 15 applications were submitted under Measure 1, with ten applications under Measure 2 and one application under Measure 3.
It important that adequate space is given to complete the assessment process so it would be inappropriate to publish any detail on individual applications at this stage. I will of course, provide complete details of all applications, broken down on a county basis, when the assessment process has been completed.