Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 22 May 2003

Vol. 567 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.

Ciarán Cuffe

Question:

197 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the 2003 allocations from the environment fund, itemising the specific grants made from the ?30 million allocated to waste management capital grants, the ?17 million to be spent on current waste management and enforcement, and the ?8 million on non-waste commitments, including pollution control, environmental awareness and the litter initiative; and if funds are to be spent or have been spent on the Ringsend incinerator in Dublin. [14144/03]

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

The 2003 expenditure programme for the environment fund is set out in the following table:

2003 Expenditure Programme – Environment Fund

Waste management capital grants

	€
Waste infrastructure projects (of which €21 million has been allotted to local authorities to date)	25,000,000.00
Planning and Procurement for Major Local Authority Infrastructure	4,000,000.00
Dismantler Upgrade Scheme	1,000,000.00
Sub Total	30,000,000.00

Waste management and environmental enforcement – Current expenditure

	€
National Waste Prevention Programme	2,000,000.00
Market Development Programme	1,000,000.00
Recycling Consultative Forum	450,000.00
Local authority enforcement Initiative	5,000,000.00
Office of Environmental Enforcement	750,000.00
Recycling Infrastructure – Operational Costs	5,000,000.00
Fridge and Freezer Initiative	1,350,000.00
Producer Responsibility Initiatives including studies on economic instruments and levies	300,000.00
Community Recycling Initiatives	500,000.00
Costs incurred by Revenue Commissioners	350,000.00
Sub Total	16,700,000.00

Other environmental commitments – Current expenditure

	€
Pollution Control	267,000.00
Environment Awareness	3,927,000.00
Litter Initiative	1,044,000.00
Comhar	250,000.00
UN Environment Fund	317,000.00
Ospar Convention	17,000.00
Geneva Convention	20,000.00
Vienna Convention	363,000.00
Basel Convention	12,000.00
Climate Change	54,000.00
Global Environment facility	1,420,000.00
North South Ministerial Council	80,000.00
Total Non-waste commitments	7,771,000.00

Fund Reserve (Contingencies)

	€
Sub Total	826,839.62
Total	55,297,839.62

The itemised allocations in respect of waste management capital grants during 2003 amounting to €30 million are set out in the following table:

Waste management capital grants scheme allocations

Region	Project	Amount
		€
Dublin
Dublin City Council	Bring Banks	185,000.00
	North Strand Civic Amenity Facility	285,000.00
	Ringsend Civic Amenity Facility	381,000.00
Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown CountyCouncil	Bring Banks	183,000.00
Fingal County Council	Bring Banks	62,000.00
South Dublin County Council	Bring Banks	48,000.00
Cork
Cork County Council	Bring Banks	184,000.00
	Raffeen Civic Amenity Facility	604,000.00
	Bandon Civic Amenity Facility	481,000.00
Cork City Council	Bring Banks	107,000.00
	Civic Amenity Facility	365,000.00
Connaught
Galway County Council	Ballinasloe Composting Facility	102,762.00
	Ballinasloe Civic Amenity Facility	441,000.00
	Clifden Civic Amenity Facility	221,476.16
	Tuam Civic Amenity Facility	60,000.00
	Bring Banks	439,000.00
Galway City Council	Carrowbrowne Composting Facility	1,185,287.00
	Bring Banks	45,000.00
	Materials Recovery Facility	981,000.00
Mayo County Council	Bring Banks	240,000.00
	Rathroeen Civic Amenity Facility	94,089.00
Roscommon County Council	Bring Banks	88,000.00
	Ballaghadereen Civic Amenity Facility	386,000.00
Sligo County Council	Bring Banks	287,000.00
Leitrim County Council	Bring Banks	4,000.00
	Bring Banks Upgrade	25,000.00
	Carrick on Shannon Civic Amenity Facility	408,000.00
North-East
Meath County Council	Bring Banks	111,000.00
	Kells Civic Amenity Facility	407,000.00
	Trim Civic Amenity Facility	349,000.00
Cavan County Council	Bring Banks	13,042.55
	Bailieboro Civic Amenity Facility	362,000.00
	Corranure Civic Amenity Facility	86,000.00
Louth County Council	Bring Banks	187,000.00
Dundalk Town Council	Dundalk Civic Amenity Facility	1,035,000.00
Monaghan County Council	Scotch Corner Materials Recovery Facility (2 Projects)	230,000.00
	Scotch Corner Materials Recovery Facility (1 Project)	87,000.00
Midlands
Offaly County Council	Bring Banks	84,000.00
	Tullamore Civic Amenity Facility	1,070,000.00
Laois County Council	Bring Banks	28,000.00
	Mountmellick Composting Facility	91,000.00
Tipperary North County Council	Ballaghveny Civic Amenity Facility	60,000.00
Westmeath County Council	Athlone Civic Amenity Facility	857,370.00
Longford County Council	Bring Banks	58,000.00
Mid-West
Clare County Council	Bring Banks	59,000.00
	Plastic Bottle Bring Banks	40,000.00
	Inagh Civic Amenity Facility	734,000.00
	Inagh Composting Facility	500,000.00
Limerick County Council	Bring Banks	167,000.00
	Kilmallock Civic Amenity Facility	637,000.00
	Newcastle West Civic Amenity Facility	820,000.00
	Gortnadroma Composting Facility	315,519.00
Limerick City Council	Bring Banks	92,000.00
	Park Road Civic Amenity Facility	27,000.00
Kerry County Council	Bring Banks	206,000.00

Region	Project	Amount
South-East		€
Carlow County Council	Kernanstown Civic Amenity Facility	277,000.00
	Bring Banks	57,000.00
Kilkenny County Council	Dunmore Civic Amenity Facility	285,680.00
	Bring Banks	139,000.00
South Tipperary County Council	Bring Banks	151,000.00
Waterford County Council	Tramore Civic Amenity Facility	28,045.00
	Dungarvan Civic Amenity Facility	154,000.00
	Lismore Civic Amenity Facility	184,000.00
	Tramore Composting Facility	128,000.00
	Dungarvan Composting Facility	128,000.00
	Lismore Composting Facility	103,000.00
	Bring Banks	153,000.00
Wexford County Council	Killurin Civic Amenity Facility	150,000.00
	Bring Banks	120,000.00
Others (1)
Kildare County Council	Athy Civic Amenity Facility	724,000.00
Kildare County Council	Sinnott Hill Composting Facility	522,000.00
Wicklow County Council	Blessington Civic Amenity Facility	1,108,000.00
Not assigned to date		3,982,729.29
Total Allocations		25,000,000.00

(1) Three local authorities made individual waste management plans, and are not part of a regional group.

Planning and Procurement for Major Local Authority Infrastructure

4,000,000.00

Dismantler Upgrade Scheme

1,000,000.00

A total of €8.3 million was allocated to the Dublin Waste to Energy Project on 17 July 2001, prior to the introduction of the environment fund. Of this, £4.4 million has been paid to date of which €846,690.95 was paid from the environment fund –€367,851.62 in 2002 and €478,839.33 in 2003. Further allocations towards planning and procurement costs incurred by local authorities in developing public private partnerships for waste infrastructure, including the Dublin waste to energy project, will be made during 2003.