Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 October 2005
221 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants allocated by him to the various eligible groups in County Kildare in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/05]
View answerDetails of the grants allocated by my Department to the various eligible groups in County Kildare are set out in the following tables.
|
Name |
Final Quarter 2004 Funding |
2005 Total Funding |
|
The Bridge CDP Newbridge |
Core-funding —€13,900CDP Grant —€4,000 |
Annual core-funding —€62,400CDP Grant —€8,000* |
|
Athy CDP |
Core-funding —€29,143CDP Grant —€2,000 |
Annual core-funding —€105,400CDP Grant —€4,000* |
|
North West Kildare Allenwood, Naas |
Not funded |
Annual core-funding —€60,000 |
|
Total |
€49,043 |
€239,800 |
* These grants have been approved will be paid within the next week.
|
Scheme |
Total 2004 Funding |
2005 Total Funding |
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
Local Authority Estate Enhancement |
20,000 |
45,000 |
|
RAPID Playgrounds |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Sports Capital Top-ups* |
90,600 |
63,600 |
|
Traffic Measures |
N/A |
22,500 |
|
Health & Children Co-fund |
N/A |
38,500 |
|
Total |
140,600 |
199,600 |
* The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs tops up the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism allocation.
The above figures represent this Department's allocation to the Athy RAPID area. These schemes are co-funded by other Departments. Under the RAPID programme, the Athy area implementation team, AIT, received support budget funding. Total expenditure in 2004 was €9,060 and €12,500 has been allocated for 2005.
|
Name |
2004 Total Funding |
2005 Total Funding |
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
OAK Partnership * |
353,371 |
389,960 |
|
Action South Kildare |
586,945 |
638,294 |
|
Total |
940,316 |
1,028,254 |
* Oak Partnership serves, roughly equally, parts of both County Kildare, and County Offaly.
Details of payments made under the scheme of community support for older people, CSOP, and the programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary groups are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie.
For the sake of completeness, I am also including funding approved by the Dormant Account Funds Disbursements Board. Between 1 October 2004 and the end of September 2005, the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board has approved funding in respect of nine projects based in County Kildare totalling approximately €2.5 million. A breakdown of these approved projects is provided in the following table. The drawdown of funding is subject to the satisfactory completion of legal contracts with individual groups.
|
Recipient Grant |
€ |
|
KARE, County Kildare |
194,000 |
|
Hospital Order of St. John of God, Celbridge, County Kildare |
167,336 |
|
Board of Management, Scoil Phádraig Naofa, Athy, County Kildare |
41,000 |
|
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, County Kildare |
300,000 |
|
Camphill Communities of Ireland, Kilcullen, County Kildare |
360,000 |
|
Athy Town Council |
70,838 |
|
ASSET, Athy, County Kildare |
100,000 |
|
Cheshire Ireland, Newbridge, County Kildare |
1,272,273 |
|
Dyspraxia Association of Ireland |
50,500 |
