asked the Minister for Local Government the estimated cost of the granting in full of all the applications for amenity grants in each year since 1970.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Amenity Grants Scheme.
13.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Amenity Grants—Cost of granting applications received
|
1970-71 |
£22,000¹ |
|
1971-72 |
Not available² |
|
1972-73 |
£1,400,000³ |
|
1973-74 |
£1,700,000³ |
NOTES:
1. Relates to old amenity grants scheme.
2. Local authorities were informed on 26 April, 1971, that it was not proposed to entertain further applications under the old scheme which was being wound up. £117,000 was allocated during the year to meet outstanding commitments but new applications were returned.
3. Estimates based on 50% of estimated cost of projects where supplied and where amount of grant sought was not specified. No particulars available for a number of projects proposed.
I am surprised the Minister should avail of a tabular statement. Surely——
It is not usual to have supplementary questions on the issue of a tabular statement for the record.
Maybe the Minister would facilitate me? I often did in similar circumstances.
How could one logically ask a supplementary question on a tabular statement?
There should be only three or four figures involved unless the Minister is giving the information for each county. No answer, no cooperation.
14.
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will give details of the amounts allocated to each local authority under the amenity grants scheme during 1972-73; and the proposed allocations for 1973-74.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report. I shall read it out if the Deputy wishes.
It is not usual. A tabular statement goes on the records of the House.
Following is the statement:
Amenity Grant Allocations under New Amenity Grant Scheme
|
1972-3 |
1973-4 |
||
|
Initial Allocation |
Supplementary Allocation |
Allocation |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
County Councils: |
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|
Carlow |
1,000 |
2,111 |
|
|
Cavan |
6,000 |
5,000 |
6,000 |
|
Clare |
12,000 |
5,000 |
8,000 |
|
Cork |
12,000 |
12,000 |
8,000 |
|
Donegal |
12,000 |
9,000 |
8,000 |
|
Galway |
12,000 |
8,000 |
|
|
Kerry |
12,000 |
5,000 |
8,000 |
|
Kildare |
4,500 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
4,500 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
|
Laois |
4,500 |
2,500 |
4,000 |
|
Leitrim |
6,000 |
8,000 |
6,000 |
|
Limerick |
12,000 |
8,000 |
8,000 |
|
Longford |
6,000 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
|
Louth |
4,500 |
3,000 |
4,000 |
|
Mayo |
12,000 |
8,000 |
8,000 |
|
Meath |
4,500 |
3,000 |
6,000² |
|
Monaghan |
4,500 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
|
Offaly |
4,500 |
5,000 |
4,000 |
|
Roscommon |
8,000 |
2,000 |
6,000 |
|
Sligo |
6,000 |
4,000 |
|
|
Tipperary (NR) |
4,500 |
7,000 |
4,000 |
|
Tipperary (SR) |
4,500 |
5,000 |
4,000 |
|
Waterford |
4,500 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
|
Westmeath |
4,500 |
4,500 |
4,000 |
|
Wexford |
4,500 |
4,000 |
|
|
Wicklow |
4,500 |
20,000¹ |
4,000 |
|
Urban District Councils: |
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|
Arklow |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Athlone |
4,000 |
2,000 |
2,500 |
|
Athy |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Ballina |
2,500 |
2,500 |
1,000 |
|
Ballinasloe |
no proposal |
1,000 |
|
|
Birr |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Bray |
4,000 |
4,000 |
|
|
Buncrana |
722 |
50 |
no proposal |
|
Carlow |
no proposal |
1,728 |
|
|
Carrickmacross |
1,650 |
1,000 |
|
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
700 |
700 |
|
|
Cashel |
220 |
300 |
|
|
Castlebar |
2,500 |
1,500 |
1,000 |
|
Castleblayney |
400 |
1,000 |
|
|
Cavan |
1,463 |
1,000 |
|
|
Ceanannus Mór |
600 |
1,000 |
|
|
Clones |
2,000 |
150 |
1,000 |
|
Clonmel |
2,500 |
2,500 |
|
|
Drogheda |
865 |
865 |
|
|
Dundalk |
4,000 |
2,500 |
|
|
Dungarvan |
743 |
1,000 |
|
|
Enniscorthy |
240 |
1,000 |
|
|
Fermoy |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Galway |
6,000 |
31,000¹ |
4,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,500 |
2,500 |
|
|
Killarney |
2,500 |
4,000 |
2,500 |
|
Kilrush |
550 |
300 |
|
|
Kinsale |
400 |
200 |
|
|
Letterkenny |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Listowel |
no proposal |
1,000 |
|
|
Longford |
875 |
1,000 |
|
|
Macroom |
300 |
300 |
|
|
Mallow |
895 |
no proposal |
|
|
Midleton |
1,030 |
1,000 |
|
|
Monaghan |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Naas |
1,221 |
1,000 |
|
|
Nenagh |
1,458 |
1,000 |
|
|
New Ross |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Skibbereen |
1,612 |
no proposal |
|
|
Sligo |
733 |
2,500 |
|
|
Templemore |
1,750 |
1,000 |
|
|
Thurles |
297 |
1,000 |
|
|
Tipperary |
500 |
500 |
|
|
Tralee |
2,500 |
2,500 |
|
|
Tullamore |
2,250 |
1,000 |
|
|
Westport |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
Wexford |
no proposal |
2,500 |
|
|
Wicklow |
200 |
1,000 |
|
|
Youghal |
2,500 |
1,000 |
1. Supplementary allocations for Galway Corporation and Wicklow County Council for 1972-3 include special grants of £25,000 for the development of land for recreational purposes associated with major housing developments at Newcastle, Galway, and £15,000 for the acquisition of sand dunes and development works at Brittas Bay, County Wicklow.
2. The allocation to Meath County Council for 1973-4 takes account of the fact that the Council operates the scheme for the urban districts of Navan and Trim.