Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2024
794. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, per county, for funding under the Clár programme; the number therein that were successful; the number that were unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19157/24]
View answerThe 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.
Since the programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures with over €70 million being approved for almost 2,400 projects throughout rural Ireland. This funding is making a real difference in many of our smaller and more remote communities.
I launched the current iteration of the CLÁR scheme on the 12th of April this year. As yet no application have been received in 2024.
The tables below outline the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of CLÁR applications received by my Department, and those that were successful and unsuccessful in the years requested.
