The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) provides funding to support the revitalisation of our rural towns and villages and make them more attractive places to live, work and visit. The initiative is a key part of Our Rural Future – the Government’s five year strategy to revitalise rural Ireland.
This year, in line with Our Rural Future, a key focus is to renovate derelict and vacant buildings in our town centres to bring them back into use as multipurpose spaces, remote working hubs or as residential accommodation. Since the scheme was launched in 2016, funding of over €93 million has been approved for the delivery of 1,341 projects in towns and villages countrywide.
I have set out in the table beneath a breakdown of this funding.
Applications under the 2021 scheme are currently being assessed and I plan to announce the successful projects in the coming weeks.
Town & Village Renewal Scheme
Approvals to date
County/City Council
|
Approved (€m)
|
No. of projects
|
Carlow
|
3.266
|
49
|
Cavan
|
3.611
|
59
|
Clare
|
3.841
|
45
|
Cork City
|
0.505
|
5
|
Cork County
|
4.638
|
62
|
Donegal
|
4.214
|
55
|
Dublin Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
0.180
|
2
|
Dublin Fingal
|
1.772
|
30
|
Dublin South County Dublin
|
0.229
|
3
|
Galway
|
4.142
|
57
|
Kerry
|
3.647
|
52
|
Kildare
|
2.483
|
41
|
Kilkenny
|
3.333
|
48
|
Laois
|
3.449
|
55
|
Leitrim
|
3.463
|
53
|
Limerick
|
4.048
|
54
|
Longford
|
2.776
|
48
|
Louth
|
3.131
|
52
|
Mayo
|
4.992
|
60
|
Meath
|
3.448
|
55
|
Monaghan
|
3.627
|
56
|
Offaly
|
3.930
|
46
|
Roscommon
|
3.752
|
51
|
Sligo
|
4.241
|
56
|
Tipperary
|
4.016
|
51
|
Waterford
|
3.067
|
50
|
Westmeath
|
2.704
|
44
|
Wexford
|
4.742
|
59
|
Wicklow
|
2.375
|
43
|
Total
|
€93.621m
|
1,341
|