Community Development.

Thursday, 3 June 2004

Questions (209, 210)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

208 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which funding has been provided by his Department in 2004 to date on a county by county basis under the community affairs heading of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/04]

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Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

209 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he has made available to bodies under the community affairs aegis of his Department in the current year to date, the funds still to be expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/04]

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Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Mr. N. Ahern)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together.

My Department administers a range of programmes designed to support communities as they pursue their own development. The information required by the Deputy in relation to funding provided for these programmes is detailed in the tables below. The Deputy may wish to note that certain programmes have both a community and a rural focus and, therefore, they are reflected in both this reply and the reply to Question No. 206 of today.

Grants for community and voluntary service

Scheme-programme	2004 allocation	Amount spent	Balance
	€m	€m	€m
Community development programme	20.6	8.514	12.086
Programme of grants for locally-based community and voluntary organisations	2.7	Nil	2.7
Scheme of community support for older people	2.4	Nil	2.4
Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Protestant Aid	1.333	Nil	1.333
Funding for national organisations working for the re-integration of ex-prisoners	0.136	0.034	0.102
Support for volunteering	0.272	0.136	0.136
White Paper supports for the community and voluntary sector	3.888	0.728	3.16

The following tables outline the expenditure on a county by county basis.

County	Total spent community development projects	Total spent regional support agencies	Total spent specialist support agencies	Total expenditure to date
	€	€	€	€
Carlow	38,000			38,000
Cavan	83,850			83,850
Clare	160,300			160,300
Cork	406,091			406,091
Donegal	381,250	115,670		496,920
Dublin	2,534,494	482,585.42	390,500	3,407,579.42
Galway	458,430	82,680		541,110
Islands	245,363.98			245,363.98
Kerry	203,528			203,528
Kildare	160,185.13			160,185.13
Kilkenny	59,700			59,700
Laois	0			0
Leitrim	76,530			76,530
Limerick	381,650	140,970		522,620
Longford	0			0
Louth	151,551			151,551
Mayo	321, 639.69			321,639.69
Meath	53,958	107,723		161,681
Monaghan	132,344	92,996.47		225,340.47
Offaly	50,221			50,221
Roscommon	27,300			27,300
Sligo	93,450			93,450
Tipperary	199,729			199,729
Waterford	241,391	93,861		335,252
Wesmeath	50,000	54,000		104,000
Wexford	303,820			303,820
Wicklow	138,129			138,129
Total	6,952,904.80	1,170,485.89	390,500	8,513,890.69

Supports for volunteering

	€
All Dublin based: Paid during February and March of 2004	135,999.50

National anti-poverty networks

	€
Dublin	572,260.00
Galway	71,532.50
Westmeath	71,532.50
Total:	715,325.00

Funding paid six monthly in advance from December 2003.

Training and supports scheme
	€
Dublin	250,000
Louth	30,000
Laois	10,000
Westmeath	10,000
Meath	27,500
Galway	7,500
Donegal	10,000
Roscommon	17,500
Waterford	9,464
Cork	7,500
Total	379,464

Funding paid six monthly in advance from December 2003.

Federations, networks and umbrella bodies scheme
	€
Galway	112,000
Westmeath	27,500
Dublin	615,400
Clare	53,500
Kildare	56,500
Tipperary	23,500
Total	888,400

Funding paid six monthly in advance from December 2003

The local development social inclusion programme, LDSIP, aims to counter disadvantage and to promote equality and social and economic inclusion through the provision of funding and support to area partnerships, community groups and employment pacts, which adopt a partnership approach to tackling local issues. Each group submits a plan for their area, which encompasses three main action areas: services for the unemployed; community development and community based youth initiatives. The programme is managed by Area Development Management Limited, ADM, on behalf of my Department and details of funding allocated by ADM for 2004 are as follows:

County	Partnership-community group	Allocations 2004	Total for county
		€	€
Carlow	Carlow Area Network Development Organisation, CANDO	532,922	532,922
Cavan	Cavan Partnership	703,828	703,828
Clare	Éirí Corca Baiscinn	358,980
	Ennis West Partnership	175,000
	Obair Newmarket-on-Fergus Ltd	145,786	679,766
Cork	Cork City Partnership	1095,005
	Avondhu Development Group	340,163
	Bantry Integrated Development Group	233,048
	East Cork Area Development Ltd	302,730
	I.R.D. Dunhallow Ltd	448,776
	Meitheal Mhuscrai	135,000	2,554,722
Dublin	Ballyfermot Partnership	675,567
	Ballymun Partnership Ltd	763,697
	Blanchardstown Area Partnership	719,179
	Canal Communities Partnership	693,477
	Clondalkin Partnership	1,028,287
	Dublin Inner City Partnership	1,028,287
	Finglas-Cabra Partnership	1,017,069
	KWCD Partnership	859,110
	Northside Partnership	1,039,505
	Southside Partnership	876,528
	Tallaght Partnership	1,039,505
	Co-operation Fingal	224,363
	Rathmines Information & Community Services Centre Ltd	277,438	10,484,658
	Employment Pact	242,646
Donegal	Donegal Local Development Company	984,477
	Inishowen Partnership Board	690,524	2,350,883
	Pairtíocht Gaeltacht Thir Chonaill	675,882
Galway	Cumas Teo Páirtíocht Chonamara	638,803
	Galway City Partnership	707,016
	Galway Rural Development Company	1,006,205	2,352,024
Kerry	Partnership Trá Lí	685,801
	South Kerry Development	715,341
	Comhar Dhuibhne	175,000
	Kerry Rural Development Sliabh Luachra Ltd	266,340
	North Kerry Together Ltd	358,980	2,201,462
Kildare	Northwest Kildare-North Offaly Partnership, OAK	348,371
	Action South Kildare	570,220	918,591
Kilkenny	Castlecomer District Community Development Network, CDCDN	229,188
	Kilkenny Community Action Network	226,775	455,963
Laois	Mountmellick Community Development Association	240,647
	Portlaoise Community Action Project Ltd	175,000	415,647
Leitrim	Leitrim Partnership	694,303	694,303
Limerick	PAUL, Limerick, Partnership	1,039,505
	West Limerick Resources Ltd	661,003
	Ballyhoura Development Ltd	481,897
	Employment Pact	145,587	2,327,992
Longford	Longford Community Resources Ltd	686,864	686,864
Louth	Dundalk	767,004
	Drogheda Partnership Company	747,615
	Dundalk-Drogheda Employment Pact	131,724	1,646,343
Mayo	Meitheal Mhaigheo	951,413	951,413
Meath	Navan Travellers Workshop Ltd	150,000
	Trim Initiative for Development and Enterprise, TIDE	162,729
	North Meath Communities Development Association	221,552	534,281
Monaghan	Monaghan Partnership Board	733,703	733,703
Offaly	Tullamore Wider Options	175,000
	West Offaly Integrated Development Partnership	217,704	392,704
Roscommon	Roscommon County Partnership	704,182	704,182
Sligo	Sligo LEADER Partnership Co	661,003	661,003
Tipperary	Roscrea 2000 Ltd	196,251
	Borrisokane Area Development Group	175,000
	Clonmel Community Partnership	229,188
	Nenagh Community Network	175,000	775,439
Waterford	Waterford Area Partnership	742,206
	Waterford County Partnership	260,571	1,002,777
Westmeath	Westmeath Community Development Ltd	626,643
	Athlone Community Taskforce	258,017	1,006,436
	Employment Pact	121,776
Wexford	Wexford Area Partnership	775,270
	Wexford County Partnership	1,067,255	1,842,525
Wicklow	Bray Partnership	775,270
	Arklow Community Enterprise Ltd.	208,440
	Wicklow Working Together	175,000	1,158,710

Some €3.097 million has been allocated to the co-ordination of local and community development schemes. To date no expenditure has been incurred.

Funding of €10.615 million is provided for the programme for peace and reconciliation in 2004. This programme is for community related measures and is managed by ADM-CPA, Monaghan, on behalf of my Department. Therefore, a breakdown of expenditure on a county basis is not available. Funding of €2.438 million has been paid to ADM and €0.5 million has been paid to CPA out of Exchequer funds to date in 2004.

Some €26.756 million was allocated to the drugs initiative-young people's facilities and services fund in 2004. To date a total of €8.097 million has been spent.

CLÁR

County	CLÁR funding allocated 2004
	€
Cavan	1,241,002
Clare	1,417,989
Cork	987,247
Donegal	1,318,847
Galway	1,078,558
Kerry	1,653,238
Leitrim	1,331,794
Limerick	18,333
Longford	382,367
Louth	481,796
Mayo	2,053,744
Meath	25,000
Monaghan	267,218
Roscommon	1,676,704
Sligo	1,087,849
Tipperary North	296,005
Tipperary South	23,333
Waterford	442,857
Westmeath	115,633
Total	15,899,514

To date in 2004, nearly €16 million has been allocated to the counties in CLÁR through the various measures operating under the programme. Some measures operate on a two-year cycle, 2004 and 2005, and the funding allocated reflects this. In some cases, the bulk of the approved funding in 2004 will not fall for payment in the same year, for example, top-up funding under the 2004 sports capital programme.

As regards the RAPID programme, funding of €1.3 million is provided to ADM in 2004 for administration costs and support to local areas in the implementation of the programme. In addition, €4.5 million has been made available to support small-scale actions in RAPID areas. Proposals will be co-funded by the relevant Department or local agency under a number of categories, with broad levels of funding agreed at national level. One such measure to be co-funded is a housing estate enhancement scheme and total allocations of €60,000 and €40,000 were made to each RAPID area in Strand I and Strand II, respectively. Details of the areas under each strand can be found on my Department's website atwww.pobail.ie. While measures to support the development of playgrounds in RAPID areas and the provision of top-up funding to successful applications from RAPID areas have been agreed, allocations have not been made under these measures as yet.