My Department operates a range of funding initiatives that aim to support rural development, community development and the Gaeltacht and the Irish language. Grant schemes include LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF), the Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF), the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS), the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS), CLÁR, the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) and the Community Services Programme (CSP). My Department’s budget allocation for 2026 totals €611 million, with €273 million in capital funding and €338 million in current funding. This represents a 6% increase on the 2025 allocation, and builds on strong investment in recent years. In the interest of transparency the details of the funding allocations my Department has provided each year, across the country, under various schemes are available on my Department’s website, in tabular form at the following link: Funding allocated by the department www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development-and-the-gaeltacht/collections/funding-allocated-by-the-department/. While the specific information differs from scheme to scheme it generally provides allocated funding, location and entity funded. The information is grouped by scheme name and by year. My Department also issues press releases for all calls and funding announcements on the relevant dates, which are also available on the website.
