Community Development Projects
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-16
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Dara Calleary (FF), Mayo

The budget for the CRF for 2026 is €10 million. We want the local authorities to draw down and complete projects, and that is going to be the focus for 2026. We also have other projects, such as community centre investment. As we have just discussed with Deputy Brendan Smith, there is also the CLÁR programme. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, worked hard to secure funding for SICAP, particularly the positions in SICAP that are working with new communities across the country to put boots on the ground and identify the kind of facilities that are needed and can be funded. I am sure the Deputy will agree that these facilities need to have a long-lasting impact or legacy impact. My preference for any kind of investment is that it is permanent, infrastructure-based and makes a difference to the facilities available in a community. That will be the emphasis of our funding going forward. Some of the initiatives funded under the CRF may not have a permanent legacy or permanent use, but the emphasis going forward is on community infrastructure to support community activity.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-16