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Dáil Éireann - Volume 578 - 28 January, 2004 Written Answers - Community Development. Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin 330. Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding community development programmes; if the programme is subject to review at present; if so, the nature and timescale for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/04] Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin 331. Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is the case that community development programmes and rural development programmes under his auspices are still subject to a general review; if so, the programmes or schemes of this nature being reviewed; the nature and timescale of these reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/04] Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív:I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together. I refer the Deputy to earlier questions on this topic, in particular my reply to Question No. 76 on 21 October 2003 and my reply to Question No. 108 and allied questions on 26 March 2003. Recommendations arising from the review referred to by the Deputy were recently considered by Government. Details of the Government decision in this regard are currently being finalised. I hope to be in a position to set out the Government decision in the near future. Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin 332. Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the CLÁR programme has been reviewed or amended in the wake of Census 2002; if so, the nature of these changes in County Kerry; if he will supply maps for County Kerry to illustrate these changes or the current CLÁR areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2404/04] Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív 1080 [1080] Éamon Ó Cuív:An Agreed Programme for Government contains a commitment to annual funding for the CLÁR programme and to consideration of additional areas for inclusion in light of the 2002 population census data. Arising from the analysis of the 2002 population census, the Government decided on the additional areas for inclusion in the CLÁR programme and I announced these additions on 17 January 2003. The critical criterion in the review was to maintain the criterion of a 50% overall population reduction and involved identifying and including any DEDs with a 50% plus population decline contiguous or near to existing CLÁR areas. Arising from the review, no DEDs were removed. The number of DEDs in the revised programme has increased from 701 to 890 and the total population in the programme has increased from 284,000 to 362,000. Waterford is the only new county with areas included. The average decline of population in the total CLÁR area is now 49.89% or, excluding the Cooley Peninsula, 50.32%. In the case of County Kerry, seven DEDs with a population of 3,111 were added. This brings the total population in County Kerry that is included in the programme to 30,309 in a total of 71 DEDs. The following table details the number of additional DEDs and the population included in the revised programme. I am sending separately to the Deputy the map and list of the previous and new DEDs in the CLÁR areas of County Kerry.
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