Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 March 2004
151 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funds that are available from his Department for coastal protection work for the year 2004, and for each of the past five years. [7328/04]
View answer152 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the moneys that have been allocated to combat coastal erosion in Cork for the year 2004 and for each of the past five years; and if he will provide a comparison for these figures with moneys allocated for other coastal counties during the same period. [7329/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together.
While primary responsibility for coastal protection comes within the remit of the Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, my Department has, over the past five years, made some funding available for that purpose. The table set out below provides a breakdown of expenditure by my Department on dedicated coastal protection projects on the islands for the period 1999 to 2004 to date, together with a breakdown of grants approved but not yet paid. No specific allocation has been set aside for 2004. With regard to coastal protection works in the Gaeltacht, an allocation of €108,500 in total has been sanctioned for two projects in the period since 1999, one in Mayo for €82,500 and the other in Galway for €26,000. Work is still ongoing on these projects.
|
Expenditure by year |
Cork |
Kerry |
Galway |
Mayo |
Donegal |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
1999 |
2,539 |
0 |
27,934 |
34,918 |
92,056 |
|
2000 |
2,222 |
0 |
79,993 |
6,349 |
76,184 |
|
2001 |
4,317 |
0 |
0 |
69,836 |
669,406 |
|
2002 |
1,301 |
0 |
125,975 |
55,000 |
345,286 |
|
2003 |
0 |
17,836 |
8,863 |
30,000 |
66,857 |
|
2004 (to date) |
0 |
0 |
51,623 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grants unpaid at 03/03/04 |
0 |
2,164 |
57,220 |
0 |
27,500 |
