Background to the RAPID Programme

The RAPID Programme is the result of a commitment made within the framework 111 of the programme for prosperity and fairness to target investment in disadvantaged areas.

In 2001, the Irish Government agreed 25 target areas in the main urban centres to be the focus for the RAPID programme one of which was Loughlinstown and Shanganagh.

The RAPID programme is aimed at improving the quality of life and opportunities available to the residents of the most disadvantaged communities. It will do this through targeting very significant state resources at the needs of the disadvantaged area.

These resources will in part, be offered through new facilities and services provided through the National Development Plan

In part they will be offered by re-examining current methods of service delivery and re-designing this delivery so that it better meets communities needs.

RAPID Co ordinator

David Lawless
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Marine Road
Dun Laoghaire
Co Dublin.
01 2054700
086 6074102
dlawless@dlrcoco.ie

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