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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 May 2003

Vol. 567 No. 5

Written Answers. - Traveller Accommodation.

Charlie O'Connor

Question:

402 Mr. O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the funding made available to each local authority in respect of the national Traveller accommodation programme over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/03]

As required by the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, each county and city council, borough council and the town councils of Bray and Dundalk have prepared and adopted five-year Traveller accommodation programmes covering the period 2000 to 2004 and are now in the process of implementing these programmes.

The following table shows the moneys recouped to local authorities in each year during the period 1998 to 2002 in relation to the provision of new Traveller specific accommodation and the refurbishment of existing accommodation. This does not include the cost of standard local authority accommodation provided for Travellers which was funded under my Department's local authority housing programme or housing provided by voluntary housing bodies and funded under my Department's voluntary housing schemes which was allocated to Travellers in this period. My Department continues to provide the necessary funding to meet the cost to local authorities of the provision of Traveller specific accommodation. Total expenditure for the provision of such accommodation during the first three years of the Traveller accommodation programmes was €65.46 million. A further €30 million has been allocated in 2003 for Traveller specific accommodation.

Local Authority

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Total

Carlow County Council

44,187

0

10,238

2,628

2,119,481

2,176,534

Cavan County Council

2,286

0

0

384,364

603,112

989,762

Clare County Council

124,815

781,587

919,100

1,058,523

3,655,559

6,539,584

Cork North County Council

42,028

12,774

10,423

3,809

7,620

76,654

Cork South County Council

0

11,428

3,809

74,153

0

89,390

Cork West County Council

0

0

0

0

0

0

Donegal County Council

3,809

377,899

1,174,077

2,137,716

346,976

4,040,477

Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council

1,905

3,974

885,769

1,631,740

205,000

2,728,388

Fingal County Council

1,889,751

2,647,594

341,560

2,954,912

3,895,583

11,729,400

South Dublin County Council

3,226,658

686,420

216,167

3,665,315

5,406,881

13,201,441

Galway County Council

381,810

962,754

1,088,642

63,487

726,294

3,222,987

Kerry County Council

159,987

84,438

2,406

0

0

246,831

Kildare County Council

18,284

415,268

533,290

1,302,878

730,904

3,000,624

Kilkenny County Council

14,665

61,697

156,432

5,460

11,221

249,475

Laois County Council

278,073

331,694

536,718

133,792

822,696

2,102,973

Leitrim County Council

235,282

0

11,551

444

20,000

267,277

Limerick County Council

164,050

87,612

173,522

79,830

3,810

508,824

Longford County Council

7,618

3,809

0

0

7,620

19,047

Louth County Council

0

0

3,809

0

0

3,809

Mayo County Council

114,276

226,013

118,635

15,751

11,430

486,105

Meath County Council

477,422

471,581

0

507

0

949,510

Monaghan County Council

952

0

762

2,642

13,890

18,246

Offaly County Council

732,385

0

0

4,076

4,440

740,901

Roscommon County Council

0

634,869

326,028

366,573

0

1,327,470

Sligo County Council

84,819

92,424

69,744

0

0

246,987

Tipperary North County Council

89,009

853,327

754,499

972,232

1,129,264

3,798,331

Tipperary South County Council

3,809

3,809

633,253

1,079

0

641,950

Waterford County Council

27,172

3,174

0

0

0

30,346

Westmeath County Council

24,506

75,549

0

0

2,511,810

2,611,865

Wexford County Council

117,451

332,011

11,428

511,770

788,606

1,761,266

Wicklow County Council

0

0

17,510

1,436,861

600,000

2,054,371

Cork City Council

54,281

30,385

9,650

0

39,950

134,266

Dublin City Council

511,577

1,570,958

4,878,045

3,184,851

1,439,540

11,584,971

Galway City Council

387,080

0

126,454

2,685,810

504,612

3,703,956

Local Authority

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Total

Limerick City Council

11,936

22,855

82,844

0

42,842

160,477

Waterford City Council

2,666

95,230

1,209,220

0

5,105

1,312,221

Clonmel Borough Council

263,344

44,441

0

0

0

307,785

Drogheda Borough Council

0

0

268,169

3,174

199,950

471,293

Kilkenny Borough Council

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sligo Borough Council

63,487

68,515

0

0

0

132,002

Wexford Borough Council

0

0

0

96,500

0

96,500

Ballinasloe Town Council

0

0

1,270

2,222

0

3,492

Birr Town Council

320,990

10,374

0

0

0

331,364

Bray Town Council

128,878

173,319

15,427

0

0

317,624

Cavan Town Council

2,666

0

2,222

0

0

4,888

Dundalk Town Council

49,901

3,809

0

3,809

11,430

68,949

Dungarvan Town Council

80,882

21,649

464,089

437,298

39,960

1,043,878

Letterkenny Town Council

4,825

3,111

2,472

0

1,556

11,964

Longford Town Council

0

1,714

0

0

0

1,714

Navan Town Council

0

0

0

0

0

0

Templemore Town Council

0

0

41,266

0

0

41,266

Tipperary Town Council

38,346

0

0

60,947

0

99,293

Tralee Town Council

166,463

0

19,046

190,461

154,000

529,970

Tullamore Town Council

0

58,408

0

224,045

581,498

863,951

Total

10,354,331

11,266,473

15,119,546

23,699,659

26,642,640

87,082,649

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