Capital Expenditure Programme

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Questions (415)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

415. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital works projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of EU funding that was received for each of those capital works projects in the years in question, in tabular form. [29395/24]

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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

Details of the capital works projects under the remit of my Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of EU funding that was received for each of those capital works projects in the years in question are set out in the table below. Under the terms of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), as agreed by Government on its establishment, my Department can provide up to a maximum of 75% of a projects costs, with the remaining ‘matched funds’ to be sourced by the sponsoring authority. Accordingly, there is possibly a number of projects supported by the URDF that have also received some level of EU Funding. Details of that EU funding would be a matter for the sponsoring authorities.

Date of Funding Received	Capital Works Project	Funding Amount €
01/01/2023 01/01/2024	Tóchar (2023-2026) (EU Just Transition Fund) [1]	2,000,000
02/03/2023 19/05/2023	Galway City Salmon Weir Bridge (Designated Urban Grants Scheme)	2,868,752
04/04/2023	South Dublin County Council Dodder Greenway (Designated Urban Grants Scheme)	1,500,000
07/06/2023	LIFE The Living Bog Project (2016-2020)[2]	560,811
07/09/2023	Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE IP (2021-2029)[3]	2,431,913
03/10/2023	Corncrake LIFE (2022-2027)[4]	859,234
13/11/2023	Kilkenny County Council Kilkenny Abbey Quarter (Designated Urban Grants Scheme)	1,000,000

[1] The project focuses on restoration works across a range of wetland sites including raised and blanket bog, fens and other wetlands sites including many sites within Ireland’s Natura 2000 network.

[2] The focus of this project is restoration and conservation of a selected list of 12 raised bogs in Ireland.

[3] The project aim is to improve Ireland's performance in conserving habitats, particularly blanket bog, with a focus on 35 blanket bogs project sites in counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Galway.

[4] The project aim is to deliver a 20% increase on the 2018 population of Corncrake recorded in Ireland.