Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
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Teanga: Níl leagan Gaeilge den mhír seo ar fáil.
The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a commitment of €1 billion by government to be invested in rural Ireland over the period 2019 to 2027.
The purpose of the fund is to support job creation in rural areas, address de-population of rural communities and support improvements in our towns and villages with a population of less than 10,000, and outlying areas.
€75million was announced for 24 landmark regeneration projects in rural communities across the country in April 2021.
To date, the Fund has provided €249 million for 164 projects across Ireland, worth a total of €338 million.
The Department’s new rural development policy, Our Rural Future, was launched on 29 March. The policy is the most ambitious and transformational policy for rural development in decades.
Additionally, the Department has developed interactive maps, dashboards, and Storymaps using geomapping software. Storymaps are webpages which tell stories about particular topics through interactive maps and multimedia content such as text, images, and videos. You can view the Department's Storymaps here.
The funding from the RRDF is provided to further the aims of Our Rural Future, which highlighted the need to build strongly on existing investment and to strive for even greater ambition to achieve significant and rapid progress on the objective of balanced regional development.
The Fund is part of the Rural Development Investment Programme which will assist and support economic recovery in rural areas. It includes a number of integrated funding interventions: