Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2024
217. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria for the urban regeneration and development fund for towns; the number of towns that qualify for such funding; if the list has changed since the last census; the towns that have qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17159/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) aims to deliver more compact and sustainable development, as envisaged under Project Ireland 2040. It does this by part-funding regeneration and rejuvenation projects in Ireland’s five cities and other large towns. The eligibility criteria for admission to the URDF funding Programme. provide that towns have a population greater than 10,000 or be sustaining a minimum of 2,500 jobs. These criteria resulted in 54 towns, as well as the 5 cities, being eligible for URDF funding under Calls 1, 2 and 3.
Analysis of the 2022 census results determined that 11 new towns meet the eligibility criteria for URDF status. I will shortly make an announcement regarding the admission of the newly eligible towns to the Programme.
