Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 May 2026
757. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of RRDF funding allocated that remains unspent and the year that those funds were allocated, by local authority, in tabular form. [40930/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a major capital investment programme which seeks to support large-scale, ambitious projects that can achieve sustainable economic and social development in rural areas. RRDF provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages in rural areas across Ireland.
Funding is allocated to local authorities and other State-funded bodies, who take the lead role in individual projects. As a general rule, the RRDF will typically provide up to 80% of the total project costs, or up to 90% in the Nort West region, with the remainder being provided in matching contributions by the applicants.
The lifecycle of large-scale infrastructure projects such as RRDF typically ranges between 3 and 5 years. The Department’s procedures are specifically designed to support local authorities and to accommodate unforeseen changes which can inevitably arise during this construction cycle. This sees projects receiving initial funding ‘Approval in Principle’ after a successful application. Thereafter, when the detailed design and planning processes are completed, and following the receipt of tenders from prospective contractors detailing the cost of construction, procedures require that local authorities revert to the Department detailing the projected final all in construction cost for the project. This process allows the Department to consider and approve a final RRDF funding allocation to be made available.
The table below details the amount of RRDF funding which has been allocated to the local authority sector which has not yet been drawn down. These details are provided with reference to the respective year the projects in question initially received funding ‘Approval in Principle’.
It should be noted that funding may not be fully drawn down due to a variety of reasons which are standard to the project cycle. This includes, for example, that many projects are ongoing and are either at pre-construction stage or in construction,a project may have been delivered under budget though have not yet been formally closed off, the scope of the project may have changed compared to that originally envisaged etc.
|
Local Authority |
Year RRDF Project Initially Approved |
Unspent |
|
Carlow |
2024 |
€2,186,868 |
|
|
2025 |
€157,900 |
|
Cavan |
2019 |
€25,068 |
|
|
2021 |
€524 |
|
|
2022 |
€6,774,785 |
|
|
2024 |
€16,868,969 |
|
|
2025 |
€792,000 |
|
Clare |
2019 |
€99,784 |
|
|
2022 |
€4,526,878 |
|
|
2024 |
€6,588,018 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,000,000 |
|
Cork |
2020 |
€123,320 |
|
|
2021 |
€3,798,451 |
|
|
2022 |
€16,936,504 |
|
|
2024 |
€1,354,738 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,112,000 |
|
Donegal |
2019 |
€653,662 |
|
|
2020 |
€68,644 |
|
|
2021 |
€16,967,451 |
|
|
2022 |
€6,294,806 |
|
|
2024 |
€11,907,699 |
|
Galway |
2019 |
€2,509,458 |
|
|
2020 |
€646,749 |
|
|
2021 |
€218,487 |
|
|
2022 |
€435,313 |
|
|
2024 |
€9,299,363 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,000,000 |
|
Kerry |
2018 |
€1,009,936 |
|
|
2020 |
€220,086 |
|
|
2022 |
€762,487 |
|
|
2024 |
€7,210,781 |
|
|
2025 |
€933,000 |
|
Kildare |
2019 |
€28,939 |
|
|
2020 |
€1,577,993 |
|
|
2022 |
€216,526 |
|
|
2024 |
€111,807 |
|
|
2025 |
€163,910 |
|
Kilkenny |
2021 |
€294,890 |
|
|
2022 |
€515,088 |
|
|
2022 |
€1,686,893 |
|
|
2024 |
€1,803,232 |
|
|
2025 |
€781,600 |
|
Laois |
2021 |
€3,475 |
|
|
2022 |
€1,361,989 |
|
|
2024 |
€3,588,256 |
|
Leitrim |
2019 |
€459,393 |
|
|
2021 |
€109,324 |
|
|
2022 |
€5,353,377 |
|
|
2024 |
€6,334,093 |
|
|
2025 |
€572,334 |
|
Limerick |
2022 |
€163,331 |
|
|
2024 |
€12,230,420 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,232,656 |
|
Longford |
2019 |
€2,697,052 |
|
|
2020 |
€412,313 |
|
|
2021 |
€5,918,887 |
|
|
2022 |
€1,009,066 |
|
Louth |
2019 |
€2,786,132 |
|
|
2020 |
€169,390 |
|
|
2025 |
€607,800 |
|
Mayo |
2019 |
€2,220,960 |
|
|
2020 |
€175,899 |
|
|
2021 |
€11,981,635 |
|
|
2022 |
€6,391,962 |
|
|
2024 |
€11,213,905 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,532,937 |
|
Meath |
2019 |
€476,629 |
|
|
2020 |
€263,490 |
|
|
2022 |
€966,834 |
|
|
2025 |
€620,300 |
|
Monaghan |
2019 |
€441,291 |
|
|
2021 |
€102,259 |
|
|
2022 |
€2,550,608 |
|
|
2024 |
€16,685,677 |
|
|
2025 |
€664,668 |
|
Offaly |
2020 |
€137,605 |
|
|
2022 |
€14,853 |
|
|
2024 |
€11,995,379 |
|
|
2025 |
€425,334 |
|
Roscommon |
2019 |
€59,496 |
|
|
2022 |
€5,354,506 |
|
|
2024 |
€5,614,396 |
|
|
2025 |
€976,450 |
|
Sligo |
2019 |
€3,707 |
|
|
2020 |
€51,764 |
|
|
2022 |
€344,739 |
|
|
2024 |
€8,428,316 |
|
|
2025 |
€558,500 |
|
Tipperary |
2019 |
€350,401 |
|
|
2021 |
€587,386 |
|
|
2022 |
€25,810,800 |
|
|
2024 |
€7,946,337 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,984,832 |
|
Waterford |
2020 |
€19,605 |
|
|
2022 |
€3,151,577 |
|
|
2024 |
€3,067,048 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,000,000 |
|
Westmeath |
2021 |
€57,392 |
|
|
2022 |
€3,192,315 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,780,804 |
|
Wexford |
2019 |
€1,542,121 |
|
|
2024 |
€2,331,826 |
|
|
2025 |
€1,000,000 |
|
Wicklow |
2019 |
€2,052,889 |
|
|
2020 |
€102,344 |
|
|
2022 |
€1,034,704
|
