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Urban Regeneration and Development Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Ceisteanna (340, 341, 342, 343)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

340. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of projects sanctioned in round 1 of the urban regeneration and development fund roll-out; the value of same; the number of projects that have not commenced construction yet; the funding paid to date in respect of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/21]

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Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated allocation of funding for the urban regeneration and development fund; the amount of this that was expended; the amount carried forward to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10498/21]

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Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

342. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation of funding in the 2021 estimates, including the carry-over from 2020 for the urban regeneration and development fund; the amount spent to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10499/21]

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Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

343. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of projects sanctioned under round 1 of the urban regeneration and development fund; the number of these that were local authority infrastructural projects; the number that were community led projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10500/21]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 to 343, inclusive, together.

The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was launched in 2018 to support more compact and sustainable development. The Fund is providing part-funding for projects that will enable a greater proportion of residential and mixed-use development to be delivered within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and large towns, while also ensuring that more parts of our urban areas can become attractive and vibrant places in which people choose to live and work, as well as to invest and to visit.

The URDF is one of four funds established under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has responsibility for its implementation. The URDF has a total allocation of €2 billion to 2027, with €150 million, inclusive of €84m in capital carryover, available to fund URDF supported projects in 2021.

In keeping with the aims of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Project Ireland 2040, the URDF demonstrates a new and more tailored approach to the provision of Government support. Over its planned duration up to 2027, URDF support will be targeted in an integrated, dynamic and responsive way to support the regeneration and rejuvenation of our towns and cities.

Already, the URDF is providing assistance for major projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and National Development Plan.

Applications under Call 1 were open to public bodies and on 26 November 2018, URDF support was announced for a total of 88 projects throughout the country, one of which was later withdrawn by the applicant. In mid-2019 approval in principle and provisional funding allocations issued in respect of 87 projects across the country.

Of the 87 proposals approved under Call 1, 46 were in respect of feasibility studies or master planning and 41 were in respect of capital projects of which 24 have commenced .

This significant pipeline of projects is set to have a transformational impact in urban areas across the country. Through the URDF, successful applicants are receiving targeted integrated support for innovative holistic solutions to the issues that have hindered the regeneration and rejuvenation of our large towns and cities. To date provisional allocations totalling almost €300m have issued in respect of these projects.

The programme has been very well received and supported, and while responsibility for the advancement of proposals is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant applicant my Department is working closely with applicants to advance these projects as quickly as possible.

Call 2 for proposals under the URDF was announced in 2020, with a primary focus on contributing to compact growth objectives through the support of integrated urban developments, strategic development areas combining a number of elements and schemes that support wider climate action objectives and liveability factors within our cities and towns. Applications under Call 2 were open to local authorities only. 76 proposals were received, with every local authority submitting at least one application. Because of the nature of the URDF programme the proposals are of significant scale and complexity, and each requires detailed assessment.

This assessment process is nearing completion, and I intended to soon announce a new tranche of approved URDF supported 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.

The Table below lists the 87 projects approved under Call 1 together with up-to-date provisional URDF funding allocations and details of the payments made to each applicant in respect of their projects in 2019, 2020, and to date in 2021. As the announcement of successful proposals under Call 1 of the URDF was made in late 2018 there was no expenditure on the URDF supported capital programme in that year.

County

Applicant

Project

Provisional Allocation

Expenditure 2019

Expenditure 2020

Carlow

Carlow County Council

Carlow Town Master Plan

580,000

75,481

426,474

Cavan

Cavan County Council

Abbeylands Redevelopment -Cavan Town Centre

262,500

0

242,432

Clare

Clare County Council

The Venue Shannon

250,000

3,543

154,594

Clare

Clare County Council

Parnell Street and the Lanes and Bow-Ways

3,665,339

200,445

1,251,000

Clare

Clare County Council

Barrack Square and Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Square and High Street

189,000

45,922

51,972

Cork City

Cork City Council

Beamish and Crawford / Grand Parade Quarter

916,000

13,146

166,980

Cork City

Cork City Council

Cork City Docklands

450,000

175,878

87,694

Cork City

Port of Cork

Tivoli Docks

1,312,500

0

337,500

Cork City

Irish Rail

Kent Station Yard (Site enabling)

750,000

70,419

19,922

Cork County

Cork County Council

Carrigaline Western Relief Road

6,400,208

0

0

Cork County

Cork County Council

Midleton Main Street Public Improvements

1,921,985

119,468

48,525

Cork County

Cork County Council

Midleton Permeability Package of Proposals

187,500

29,520

0

Cork County

Cork County Council

Cobh UEA - Public Realm - Diaspora Centre

277,500

0

0

Cork County

Cork County Council

Carrigaline Public Realm

112,500

4,175

16,502

Cork County

Cork County Council

Carrigtwohill –Design and Planning works

562,500

0

117,285

Cork County

Cork County Council

Mallow Town Regeneration

1,480,500

67,033

381,733

Donegal

Donegal County Council

Letterkenny 2040 (Public Realm and Site Acquisition)

1,942,536

16,974

0

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Santry River Restoration Project

750,000

0

0

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Artists' Workspaces

200,000

0

190,000

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Inchicore - St Michael's Estate & Environs Regeneration

150,000

97,821

0

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Rutland Street NEIC

8,969,460

1,571,123

759,608

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Park West/Cherry Orchard Industrial Lands Analysis

150,000

0

22,373

Dublin City

Dublin City Council

Naas Road LAP lands

200,000

0

0

Dublin City

Trinity College Dublin

Campus at Grand Canal Quay (Public Realm Re-use)

1,500,000

1,500,000

0

Dublin City

Dept of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Redevelopment and repurposing of the historically significant No. 11 Parnell Square

3,862,500

0

0

Dublin County

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Stillorgan (Public Realm works)

7,658,379

77,706

2,825,962

Dublin County

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Dundrum Community, Cultural and Civic Action Plan

65,679

29,618

32,777

Dublin County

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Spatial and Economic Action Plan for Dun Laoghaire

75,000

0

0

Dublin County

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Cherrywood Public Parks, Greenways & Attenuation

13,358,102

8,382

356,031

Dublin County

Fingal County Council

Balbriggan Planning and Design Works

2,125,000

65,198

299,704

Dublin County

Fingal County Council

Sustainable Swords

375,000

0

0

Dublin County

South Dublin County Council

Tallaght Town Centre (Civic Plaza/Link Road)

31,894,325

98,457

1,711,010

Dublin County

South Dublin County Council

Naas Road/Ballymount

200,000

0

109,572

Galway City

Galway City Council

Ardaun Upgrade of Martin Roundabout

2,703,000

0

0

Galway City

Galway City Council

Sandy Road Liosbán – Funding is to support the preparation of a Development Feasibility Study

187,500

0

0

Galway City

Galway City Council

Cycling and Walking – Initial funding for new/upgrade cycleways

2,900,000

0

0

Galway City

National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)

Nuns Island Master Planning

236,000

126,862

59,676

Galway City

Galway Harbour Company

Regeneration of Galway City Inner Harbour

285,000

121,628

145,448

Kerry

Kerry County Council

Phase I Tralee Town Centre - Rock Street, Russell Street and Bridge Street

2,606,511

9,225

114,547

Kerry

Kerry County Council

Smarter Travel Killarney (Link & Public Realm)

1,000,000

25,046

0

Kerry

Kerry County Council

Áras Phádraig Masterplan

112,500

0

106,875

Kildare

Kildare County Council

Naas Library (including Public Realm works)

4,445,243

199,631

211,050

Kildare

Kildare County Council

Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing

400,000

8,939

151,130

Kildare

Kildare County Council

Newbridge Cultural and Civic Quarter

492,000

0

0

Kildare

Kildare County Council

Canal Quarter Naas

195,000

0

0

Kilkenny

Kilkenny County Council

Abbey Quarter (Public Realm enabling)

6,154,000

621,170

972,545

Laois

Laois County Council

Portlaoise - A Cultural Quarter

7,028,640

556,240

169,152

Laois

Laois County Council

Portlaoise - A Low Carbon Town

2,026,372

56,469

698,610

Leitrim

Leitrim County Council

Public Realm Improvement Scheme for the town of Carrick on Shannon

6,502,500

485,603

3,181,832

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

O’Connell Street Urban Centre Revitalisation Project

4,500,000

0

0

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

Digital Collaboration and Virtual Reality Centre

937,500

0

108,491

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

Worldclass Waterfront

350,000

0

0

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

Social and Economic Model

110,000

4,500

0

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

Living Georgian City Programme

1,200,000

0

0

Limerick

Limerick City & County Council

Opera Project (Site enabling)

1,839,000

156,801

0

Limerick

University of Limerick

Digital District (Inner City Digital Hub)

750,000

0

750,000

Longford

Longford County Council

Longford Connected (Public Realm Marketsquare)

2,990,355

290,398

376,898

Louth

Louth County Council

Long Walk Quarter Dundalk

533,000

0

5,445

Louth

Louth County Council

Westgate Vision Drogheda

476,000

0

0

Mayo

Mayo County Council

Ballina Innovation Quarter

5,361,004

0

131,120

Mayo

Mayo County Council

Castlebar Urban Greenway Link

1,875,000

5,757

22,744

Mayo

Mayo County Council

Castlebar Military Barracks

141,391

129,810

11,581

Meath

Meath County Council

Ashbourne Road and Public Realm Improvement

6,376,050

0

2,020,013

Meath

Meath County Council

Flowerhill Regeneration Project

75,000

28,050

27,335

Meath

Meath County Council

Navan Active Land Management Project

3,683,000

38,204

2,466,252

Meath

Meath County Council

Railway Street Regeneration and County Archive

187,500

22,124

13,838

Monaghan

Monaghan County Council

Dublin Street Regeneration Monaghan

1,285,108

34,806

181,282

Offaly

Offaly County Council

Tullamore Urban Area (Public Realm)

3,000,000

105,925

2,012,866

Roscommon

Roscommon County Council

Public Realm Plan - Market Square & Main Street

4,775,075

94,125

284,727

Roscommon

Roscommon County Council

Roscommon Town Centre

350,000

0

4,908

Sligo

Sligo County Council

Eastern Garavogue Bridge & Approach Roads Scheme

6,000,000

0

0

Sligo

Sligo County Council

O'Connell Street Enhancement

2,134,332

236,348

568,649

Sligo

Sligo County Council

Sligo Cultural Plaza

750,000

0

19,146

Sligo

Sligo County Council

Sligo Public Realm

560,000

47,662

146,976

Tipperary

Tipperary County Council

Liberty Square

4,390,000

600,000

2,299,912

Tipperary

Tipperary County Council

Clonmel 2030 Transformational Regeneration

10,594,961

153,313

858,150

Waterford

Waterford City & County Council

Waterford City and Environs - North Quays (Infrastructure enabling)

80,618,212

3,984,525

2,229,111

Waterford

Waterford City & County Council

Tramore Town Centre

2,172,500

131,920

982,749

Westmeath

Westmeath County Council

Loughanaskin Masterplanning

750,000

0

0

Westmeath

Westmeath County Council

Canal Avenue & Environs Regeneration Project

1,706,250

0

253,836

Westmeath

Westmeath County Council

Athlone Tourism Cultural Quarter

750,000

355,500

180,352

Westmeath

Westmeath County Council

Blackhall, Mullingar

2,452,500

1,711,513

618,361

Westmeath

Westmeath County Council

Athlone Town Centre Regeneration and Enhancement

750,000

0

38,151

Wexford

Wexford County Council

Trinity Wharf Project

2,028,000

1,434,840

319,021

Wicklow

Wicklow County Council

Bray Public Transport Bridge

6,450,000

115,824

319,462

Wicklow

Wicklow County Council

Arklow Historic Town Core

2,351,013

85,512

1,239,724

Wicklow

Wicklow County Council

Wicklow Town - Relocation and upgrading of the library and Fitzwilliam square upgrade and street improvement.

4,627,409

551,645

3,844,394

Total

299,948,439

16,800,224

37,756,009

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