More than €2.1 million has been allocated to provide 48 vehicles for a number of services including cancer care, transport for people with mobility issues, and to deliver meals on wheels to the elderly and other vulnerable people.
Vehicles will also be provided to support community first responders and search and rescue services.
The funding, announced today, is being allocated under the 2024 CLÁR programme.
It represents the highest number of vehicles ever funded through the programme, bringing the number delivered under this measure to over 200 since it was introduced in 2018.
Some of the projects being supported include:
- Dunmanway Family Resource Centre in Cork – €52,000 for a modified mobility vehicle
- Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Co Kerry – €59,880 for a vehicle to transport brain injury survivors
- Order of Malta, Kilkenny – €72,000 for the purchase of an ambulance
- Offaly Healthy Homes – €33,750 for a vehicle to support their meals on wheels’ service.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys said: “I am very pleased to be supporting these vital services in our most remote rural communities right across the country. Each of the recipients of funding today plays a vital role in providing essential services to those who are most in need in our communities, be it from a mobility aspect or through the provision of meals on wheels services.
“The supports provided by our First Responders and our Search and Rescue teams are of immense importance and I am delighted to be in a position to support these very worthy community groups today. We owe a great deal to these organisations and to all the individuals who volunteer with them.”
Details of all the successful projects can be found here.
