Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 October 2012
66. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of money allocated by his Department and agencies within his Department to Ballina, Castlebar and Westport Town Council between 1997 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43945/12]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy in relation to the period prior to 2004 is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.
Since 2004 my Department has made one payment to each of two of the Town Councils for which the Deputy sought information.
In 2010 a payment of €50,000 was made to Westport Town Council relating to a special development charge as a condition of a planning permission associated with the development of Gaelscoil na Crauiche. In 2005 the Department paid €320 to Castlebar Town Council for a utility bill in regard to an office operated by the NEPS (Educational Psychology Services) Division of the Department. In the period from 2004 to date, my Department has no record of making any payments to Ballina Town Council.
The information requested by the Deputy with regard to agencies under my Department's aegis is not held centrally by my Department. Information on budgets is available in annual reports and other documents published by agencies under my Department's aegis. Many of these reports are available in the Oireachtas library.
