Bernard Allen
Question:636 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage Gaeltacht and the Islands the amount of money which has been allocated and spent to date by her Department in each county under the national development plan. [26543/01]
Written Answers. - National Development Plan.
The information requested by the Deputy, in respect of the NDP programmes in which my Department is involved, is as follows:
|
County |
Total Allocated |
Total Spent |
|
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
Donegal |
28,908 |
15,111 |
|
Leitrim |
2,964 |
324 |
|
Sligo |
2,438 |
176 |
|
Cavan |
200 |
310 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth |
2,000 |
0 |
|
Laois |
152 |
90 |
|
Offaly |
1,845 |
1,784 |
|
Westmeath |
327 |
157 |
|
Longford |
2,448 |
1,158 |
|
Galway |
35,027 |
25,909 |
|
Roscommon |
2,385 |
1,865 |
|
Mayo |
9,088 |
7,854 |
|
Dublin |
23,640 |
13,668 |
|
Meath |
2,763 |
621 |
|
Kildare |
2,233 |
2,578 |
|
Wicklow |
2,451 |
3,922 |
|
Wexford |
3,009 |
823 |
|
Waterford |
2,764 |
1,756 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,340 |
691 |
|
Carlow |
4,073 |
1,067 |
|
Tipperary (South) |
3,667 |
633 |
|
Limerick |
3,711 |
2,185 |
|
Clare |
6,116 |
2,597 |
|
Tipperary (North) |
233 |
40 |
|
Cork |
7,909 |
7,440 |
|
Kerry |
8,604 |
4,664 |
|
NPWS *note 1 |
5,005 |
114 |
|
165,300 |
97,537 |
*Note 1
The allocation of £5.005 million refers to programmes such as land purchase, SAC compensation and improvement of visitor facilities at parks and nature reserves. This is provided on a national basis, as, by its nature, it cannot be broken down by county at this stage. The £114,000 expenditure represents spending which is not specific to one county.
The Deputy will notice the considerable difference between the allocation and actual expenditure in this year to date. A number of factors have brought about this situation, not least the foot and mouth scare which affected progress in many of the projects, particularly those based in rural areas. Also, the projects to benefit under the ACCESS scheme have recently been selected, so it is likely that expenditure in respect of these projects will increase significantly in 2002 and in subsequent years.