Dan Boyle
Ceist:267 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the moneys which have been expended in his Department by area and projects to date under the RAPID and CLÁR programmes. [25853/02]
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267 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the moneys which have been expended in his Department by area and projects to date under the RAPID and CLÁR programmes. [25853/02]
The RAPID programme is designed to harness the opportunities and resources of the national development plan through the prioritisation of investment to the 45 most deprived communities in the country (25 urban areas and 20 provincial towns). To date, I have allocated more than €1.8 million in respect of RAPID project proposals submitted to my Department. This figure encompasses 16 RAPID proposals that I have approved, in whole or in part, relating to a number of areas including third level access, education guidance counselling, resource teachers and teaching hours as well as capital refurbishment and extension projects. These proposals are located in a number of the areas identified as disadvantaged under the RAPID programme in parts of Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. I have arranged for a list of these projects to be forwarded separately to the Deputy.