Claire Kerrane
Ceist:1998. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for small-scale rural projects, such as CLÁR by 10%. [28951/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 14 June 2022
Ceisteanna (1998)
Freagraí scríofa
The CLÁR programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population over a defined period.
A total of €45.2 million has been approved for over 1,800 CLÁR projects since the programme was re-established in 2016.
I launched this year's programme in February with a total budget of €7 million. This represents an increase of €1.5 million, or 27%, on the budget for the 2021 CLÁR programme. Based on the 2022 allocation a 10% increase in allocated funding for the scheme would cost in the region of €700,000.