As the Deputy will be aware, CLÁR is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline.
The programme was effectively closed for new applications in 2010. However, I re-launched CLÁR in 2016, and, since then, more than 1,200 projects have benefitted from funding of €25 million under the programme. The types of projects which have been funded include safety measures around schools and other community facilities, multi-use play areas, supports for voluntary first-response emergency organisations, targeted community infrastructure needs and funding for vehicles to transport people with mobility issues and to cancer care centres.
The table below summarises the number of projects approved, the number of unsuccessful projects, and the amounts paid out under the programme in each calendar year from 2016 to 2019, on a county basis in the main. It should also be noted that awards of funding under the programme were also made to entities other than Local Authorities that operate across County boundaries, and relevant details relating to these projects are given under the term "National/Regional Organisations".
Details of the funding allocated to all approved projects since 2016 in each county are available on my Department’s website at www.drcd.gov.ie/clar/.
County
|
No. of projects approved
|
No. of unsuccessful projects
|
Amount Paid
|
Amount Paid
|
Amount Paid
|
Amount Paid
|
|
2016-2018
|
2016-2018
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
Carlow
|
33
|
3
|
€80,000
|
€97,864.20
|
€58,579.89
|
€132,489.54
|
Cavan
|
60
|
20
|
€498,184
|
€295,030.10
|
€296,353.51
|
€227,189.15
|
Clare
|
52
|
18
|
€284,000
|
€189,070.76
|
€468,638.17
|
€101,344.81
|
Cork
|
67
|
71
|
€562,222
|
€61,582.31
|
€555,606.17
|
€99,168.24
|
Donegal
|
106
|
73
|
€878,632
|
€228,864.20
|
€236,711.00
|
€0.00
|
Galway
|
92
|
24
|
€392,000
|
€609,845.82
|
€346,621.50
|
€100,000.00
|
Kerry
|
73
|
116
|
€744,964
|
€143,067.93
|
€384,759.13
|
€60,529.00
|
Kilkenny
|
24
|
12
|
€223,000
|
€107,030.00
|
€212,465.00
|
€69,435.00
|
Laois
|
43
|
17
|
€148,900
|
€39,208.00
|
€12,187.00
|
€417,306.49
|
Leitrim
|
53
|
17
|
€274,800
|
€447,600.50
|
€189,302.54
|
€78,079.61
|
Limerick
|
53
|
30
|
€235,000
|
€179,727.77
|
€137,660.00
|
€156,888.85
|
Longford
|
44
|
19
|
€237,560
|
€141,896.65
|
€227,931.00
|
€49,755.00
|
Louth
|
28
|
17
|
€173,520
|
€31,379.00
|
€188,481.96
|
€109,051.32
|
Mayo
|
87
|
60
|
€976,869
|
€664,832.73
|
€628,607.36
|
€4,834.96
|
Meath
|
22
|
7
|
€127,600
|
€104,000.00
|
€81,069.00
|
€0.00
|
Monaghan
|
63
|
27
|
€356,440
|
€303,236.55
|
€368,862.20
|
€136,607.24
|
Offaly
|
36
|
21
|
€123,398
|
€185,664.80
|
€259,638.23
|
€0.00
|
Roscommon
|
57
|
23
|
€406,497
|
€260,177.48
|
€337,711.11
|
€23,461.20
|
Sligo
|
73
|
21
|
€598,400
|
€299,712.60
|
€173,488.00
|
€228,931.79
|
Tipperary
|
78
|
19
|
€371,000
|
€181,283.71
|
€357,111.69
|
€159,682.62
|
Waterford
|
48
|
21
|
€261,600
|
€329,518.00
|
€286,925.00
|
€204,715.76
|
Westmeath
|
37
|
27
|
€214,280
|
€57,549.00
|
€203,089.30
|
€96,083.50
|
Wicklow
|
15
|
20
|
€70,000
|
€98,586.43
|
€28,395.00
|
€20,700.00
|
National/Regional Organisations
|
27
|
16
|
|
|
€295,524.60
|
€116,939.34
|
Totals
|
1,271
|
699
|
€8,238,866
|
€5,056,728.54
|
€6,861,229.71
|
€2,593,193.42
|