Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2017
335. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to run a programme under the CLÁR scheme to provide bus shelters in CLÁR areas with co-funding from Transport Infrastructure Ireland or the National Transport Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7174/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe CLÁR programme is a targeted investment programme which provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline.
I have secured a budget of €5 million for CLÁR in 2017 and the measures to be implemented under the programme will be announced shortly. While I currently have no specific plans to introduce a funding scheme for bus shelters in CLÁR areas, I will keep the matter under consideration in the context of the development of new measures that can support rural communities.
