I propose to take Questions Nos. 84, 85 and 96 together.
Call 1 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was launched in July 2018, and 189 proposals for URDF funding support were received by my Department by the closing date of 28th September 2018. My Department has provided considerable information on all applications received on its website, but this does not include precise details of time of receipt or method of submission, requested by the Deputy, which would be time-consuming to collate at this stage. All of the applications assessed were received by the deadline, and key details of all these applications for Call 1 is available at the following location on my Departments website.
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/urban_regeneration_and_development_fund_2019_-_list_of_applications_received_1.pdf
The application process was competitive and in that context all proposals went through a rigorous assessment including consideration by a Project Advisory Board (PAB), which consisted of representatives from my Department, other relevant Government Departments, agency representation and independent national and international expert representatives.
Following this process, on 26 November 2018, 88 projects were approved for URDF support, one of which was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant.
All applicants both successful and unsuccessful received a detailed breakdown of the assessment of their proposal. Where the decision in respect of a proposal was unfavourable, applicants were offered the opportunity to request a review of the Departments decision.
Requests for a review were submitted in respect of seven proposals. Each of the proposals involved was reviewed, having regard to the PAB's original evaluation and scoring of the proposal against the URDF programme criteria. In all cases it was found there was nothing to support an outcome that would be materially different from that arrived at through the PAB process.
The following table lists the 87 projects advanced under Call 1 together with up-to-date provisional URDF funding allocations.
Applicant
|
Project
|
Provisional Allocation €000’s
|
Carlow County Council
|
Carlow Town
|
580,000.00
|
Cavan County Council
|
Cavan Town Centre
|
262,500.00
|
Clare County Council
|
The Venue Shannon
|
250,000.00
|
Clare County Council
|
Parnell Street and the Lanes and Bow-Ways
|
3,665,339.00
|
Clare County Council
|
Barrack Square and Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Square and High Street
|
189,000.00
|
Cork City Council
|
Beamish and Crawford / Grand Parade Quarter
|
916,000.00
|
Cork City Council
|
Cork City Docklands
|
450,000.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Carrigaline Western Relief Road
|
6,150,000.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Midleton Main Street Public Improvements
|
1,921,985.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Midleton Permeability Package of Proposals
|
187,500.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Cobh UEA - Public Realm - Diaspora Centre
|
277,500.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Carrigaline Public Realm
|
112,500.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Carrigtwohill
|
562,500.00
|
Cork County Council
|
Mallow Town Regeneration
|
1,480,500.00
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
Stillorgan (Public Realm works)
|
1,609,800.00
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Action Plan
|
75,000.00
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
Spatial and Economic Action Plan for Dun Laoghaire
|
75,000.00
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
|
Cherrywood Public Parks, Greenways & Attenuation
|
13,358,102.00
|
Donegal County Council
|
Letterkenny 2040 (Public Realm and Site Acquisition)
|
1,942,536.00
|
Dublin City Council
|
Santry River Restoration Project
|
750,000.00
|
Dublin City Council
|
Artists' Workspaces
|
200,000
|
Dublin City Council
|
Inchicore - St Michael's Estate & Environs Regeneration
|
150,000.00
|
Dublin City Council
|
Rutland Street NEIC
|
8,969,460.00
|
Dublin City Council
|
Park West/Cherry Orchard Industrial Lands Analysis
|
150,000.00
|
Dublin City Council
|
Naas Road LAP lands
|
200,000.00
|
Fingal County Council
|
Balbriggan
|
2,125,000.00
|
Fingal County Council
|
Sustainable Swords
|
375,000.00
|
Galway City Council
|
Ardaun Upgrade of Martin Roundabout
|
2,703,000.00
|
Galway City Council
|
Sandy Road Liosbán
|
187,500.00
|
Galway City Council
|
Cycling and Walking
|
2,900,000.00
|
Kerry County Council
|
Phase I Tralee Town Centre - Rock Street, Russell Street and Bridge Street
|
2,505,552.00
|
Kerry County Council
|
Smarter Travel Killarney (Link & Public Realm)
|
1,000,000.00
|
Kerry County Council
|
Áras Phádraig Masterplan
|
112,500.00
|
Kildare County Council
|
Naas Library (including Public Realm works)
|
4,445,243.00
|
Kildare County Council
|
Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing
|
400,000.00
|
Kildare County Council
|
Newbridge Cultural and Civic Quarter
|
492,000.00
|
Kildare County Council
|
Canal Quarter Naas
|
195,000.00
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
Abbey Quarter (Public Realm enabling)
|
6,154,000.00
|
Laois County Council
|
Portlaoise - A Cultural Quarter
|
7,028,640.00
|
Laois County Council
|
Portlaoise - A Low Carbon Town
|
2,026,372.00
|
Leitrim County Council
|
Public Realm Improvement Scheme for the town of Carrick on Shannon
|
6,502,500.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
O'Connell Street
|
4,500,000.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
Digital Collaboration and Virtual Reality Centre
|
937,500.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
Worldclass Waterfront
|
350,000.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
Social and Economic Model
|
110,000.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
Living Georgian City Programme
|
1,200,000.00
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
Opera Project (Site enabling)
|
1,839,000.00
|
Longford County Council
|
Longford Connected (Public Realm Marketsquare)
|
2,990,355.00
|
Louth County Council
|
Long Walk Quarter Dundalk
|
533,000.00
|
Louth County Council
|
Westgate Vision Drogheda
|
476,000.00
|
Mayo County Council
|
Ballina Innovation Quarter
|
5,361,004.00
|
Mayo County Council
|
Castlebar Urban Greenway Link
|
1,875,000.00
|
Mayo County Council
|
Castlebar Military Barracks
|
142,500.00
|
Meath County Council
|
Ashbourne Road and Public Realm Improvement
|
6,376,050.00
|
Meath County Council
|
Flowerhill Regeneration Project
|
75,000.00
|
Meath County Council
|
Navan Active Land Management Project
|
3,683,000.00
|
Meath County Council
|
Railway Street Regeneration and County Archive
|
187,500.00
|
Monaghan County Council
|
Dublin Street Regeneration Monaghan
|
1,285,108.00
|
Offaly County Council
|
Tullamore Urban Area (Public Realm)
|
3,000,000.00
|
Roscommon County Council
|
Public Realm Plan - Market Square & Main Street
|
4,775,075.00
|
Roscommon County Council
|
Roscommon Town Centre
|
350,000.00
|
Sligo County Council
|
Eastern Garavogue Bridge & Approach Roads Scheme
|
6,000,000.00
|
Sligo County Council
|
O'Connell Street Enhancement
|
1,236,000.00
|
Sligo County Council
|
Sligo Cultural Plaza
|
750,000.00
|
Sligo County Council
|
Sligo Public Realm
|
560,000.00
|
South Dublin County Council
|
Tallaght Town Centre (Civic Plaza/Link Road)
|
14,850,000.00
|
South Dublin County Council
|
Naas Road/Ballymount
|
200,000.00
|
Tipperary County Council
|
Liberty Square Thurles
|
4,390,000.00
|
Tipperary County Council
|
Clonmel
|
9,333,124.00
|
Waterford City & County Council
|
Waterford City and Environs - North Quays (Infrastructure enabling)
|
6,000,000.00
|
Waterford City & County Council
|
Tramore Town Centre
|
2,172,500.00
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Loughanaskin
|
750,000.00
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Canal Avenue & Environs Regeneration Project
|
1,706,250.00
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Athlone Tourism Cultural Quarter
|
750,000.00
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Blackhall, Mullingar
|
2,452,500.00
|
Westmeath County Council
|
Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement
|
750,000.00
|
Wexford County Council
|
Trinity Wharf Project
|
2,028,000.00
|
Wicklow County Council
|
Bray Public Transport Bridge
|
6,450,000.00
|
Wicklow County Council
|
Arklow Historic Town Core
|
2,351,013.00
|
Wicklow County Council
|
Wicklow Town
|
4,627,409.00
|
University of Limerick
|
Digital District (Inner City Digital Hub)
|
750,000.00
|
Trinity College Dublin
|
Campus at Grand Canal Quay (Public Realm Re-use)
|
1,500,000.00
|
Port of Cork
|
Tivoli Docks
|
1,312,500.00
|
Irish Rail
|
Kent Station Yard (Site enabling)
|
750,000.00
|
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
|
No. 11 Parnell Square
|
3,862,500.00
|
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
|
Nuns Island Masterplanning
|
236,000.00
|
Galway Harbour Company
|
Regeneration of Galway City Inner Harbour
|
285,000.00
|
|
Total
|
€199,736,417
|
Call 2 of the URDF was launched in January this year, and 76 proposals were received by the closing date of 29th May, with every local authority submitting at least one application for URDF support. Because of the nature of the URDF programme the proposals are very complex, and each will require detailed assessment.
As this deliberative assessment process is still ongoing it would not be appropriate to provide detailed information on Call 2 proposals at this time.
It is intended that a new tranche of approved proposals, which will augment the existing pipeline of projects from Call 1 and contribute to the achievement of Programme for Government commitments and the objectives of the National Planning Framework and Project Ireland 2040, will be announced later in the year.