Written Answers. - Local Authority Funding. – Dáil Éireann (29th Dáil) – Tuesday, 3 Dec 2002

Written Answers. - Local Authority Funding.

John McGuinness

Question:

425 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the amounts of funding allocated to Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council under the headings of roads, housing, sanitary and so on in each of the years from 1997 to date in 2002; the percentage increase in each year; and the projects that were granted once-off grants. [24780/02]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Cullen)

The information requested is set out in the following table in respect of the main programmes for which my Department is responsible.

	1997	1998	%Increase-Decrease	1999	%Increase-Decrease	2000	%Increase-Decrease	2001	%Increase-Decrease	2002Allocation	%Increase-Decrease
	€	€		€		€		€		€
Kilkenny County Council
Local Government Fund	6,460,291	6,704,813	4%	7,598,425	13%	8,092,386	7%	11,764,479	45%	12,672,851	8%
Non National Roads	5,514,472	6,907,272	25%	8,087,665	17%	8,332,209	3%	8,347,159	0.2%	10,535,698	26.0%
Water and Sewerage Services	1,458,211	1,680,728	15%	3,363,763	100%	1,918,718	-43%	5,202,916	171%	4,097,046	-21%
(Major Schemes and Rural Water Programme)
Local Authority Housing Programme	3,075,687	3,365,441	9%	4,039,544	20%	5,248,207	30%	7,329,055	40%	4,000,000	-45%

Kilkenny Borough Council
Local Government Fund	863,712	894,952	4%	1,051,139	17%	1,098,517	5%	1,272,907	16%	2,377,642	87%

	1997	1998	%Increase-Decrease	1999	%Increase-Decrease	2000	%Increase-Decrease	2001	%Increase-Decrease	2002Allocation	%Increase-Decrease
	€	€		€		€		€		€
Non National Roads	146,020	90,151	-38%	144,750	61%	173,954	20%	457,106	163%	505,000	10%
Water and Sewerage Services	0	0		0		0		0		0
(Major Schemes and Rural Water Programme)
Local Authority Housing Programme	1,104,418	427,775	-61%	469,803	10%	1,579,046	236%	1,331,066	-16%	2,100,000	58%

Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 3 Dec 2002