Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 11 Mar 1993

Vol. 427 No. 8

Written Answers. - Lottery Funding.

Enda Kenny

Question:

167 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of funding provided from the National Lottery for each county council and county borough area for the years 1990, 1991 and 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Mr. Stagg)

The following statement sets out details of total expenditure by my Department from national lottery funds in each county and county borough area for 1992 in respect of the following services: local authority library service; provision and renovation of swimming pools; provision of communual facilities in voluntary housing projects.

Details of expenditure on the above services for the years 1990 and 1991 are set out in the reply to Question No. 273 of 24 March 1992.

Schedules listing the grants allocated from national lottery funds under the Amenity/Recreational Facilities Grants Schemes for 1990 and 1991 are available in the Oireachtas Library. There was no grant scheme in 1992. However, last year Dublin Corporation were allocated a special additional grant of £100,000 in respect of the Stardust Memorial Park.

Expenditure from national lottery funds in respect of the local authority library service, the provision and renovation of swimming pools and the provision of communal facilities involuntary housing projects.

County area	1992 Expenditure
Carlow	106,985
Cavan	29,555
Clare	105,391
Cork	63,694
Donegal	88,378
Dublin*	167,805
Galway	153,448
Kerry	13,657
Kildare	9,077
Kilkenny	35,922
Laois	278,500
Leitrim	7,338
Limerick	139,561
Longford	8,574
Louth	290,286
Mayo	91,208
Meath	4,739
Monaghan	42,247
Offaly	43,029
Roscommon	—
Tipperary (N.R.)**	95,969
Tipperary (S.R.)**	74,696
Waterford	48,167
Westmeath	2,250
Wexford	124,544
Wicklow	34,417
Cork	27,860
Dublin	288,726
Galway	—
Limerick	78,648
Waterford	70,000

* Includes expenditure by Dún Laoghaire Corporation on (i) the Library service and (ii) communal facilities in local authority housing projects.

** In addition, national lottery funds of £8,500 issued to Tipperary Joint Library Committee in 1992.

Ivor Callely

Question:

168 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment the proposals, if any, he has to introduce regulations on water conservation; if he has satisfied himself that there are adequate water supplies to meet the increasing demands in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

The provision, management and conservation of drinking water supplies is, in the first instance, a matter for individual local authorities.

Conservation of supplies is a normal feature of the water management strategy of the authorities. This strategy has been made more effective in recent years in the Dublin area through the provision of a modern telemetry system and metering of supplies to individual large water users. The watermain rehabilitation scheme in the Ranelagh area which is currently under construction at a cost of £1.5 million is specifically designed to eliminate leakage and conserve supplies.

My Department continues to liaise with the Dublin authorities on proposals to improve water supply in the region. Construction work has recently been completed on a further stage of the expansion of the Ballymore Eustace treatment works. The planning of the next phase of the expansion programme for these works, which will increase production capacity to 70 million gallons a day, is being finalised.

Work on a further multi-million pound contract has recently commenced on the North City Arterial Watermain to Fairview and Griffith Avenue. This will improve water supplies and pressure for domestic and commercial users in a large area of the north city. The Dublin authorities are also advancing the planning of a number of other schemes, including improvement of the efficiency of the Vartry works and of the Dún Laoghaire distribution system.