Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 December 2012
134. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form, the total amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to Waterford for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57285/12]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at http://www.ahg.gov.ie/.
My Department’s gross capital allocation for this range of programme and measures in 2012 is €43m. The table provides a breakdown of this funding for each of my Department’s programme areas.
While expenditure under these programme areas takes place countrywide, it is not possible to give a county-by-county breakdown of that expenditure. For example, a number of my Department’s programmes are delivered through agencies and other intermediary bodies that operate across county boundaries and in respect of which there is no detailed breakdown on a county basis held by my Department. In addition, groups and organisations that receive grants directly from my Department are not necessarily constituted on a single-county basis.
In view of the wide range of my Department’s schemes and programmes, and the large volumes of payments and grants thereunder on an ongoing basis, it is not clear that the work involved in compiling and collating the breakdown of expenditure sought by the Deputy would be feasible or justified. However, if the Deputy has specific queries relating to a particular programme or grant, I would be glad to seek to provide him with relevant information in that regard. Similarly, if the Deputy would like specific information in relation to a particular scheme, I would be glad to arrange to have any such request from him examined.
Table: Capital Allocations for 2012
|
Programme Area |
2011 Provisional Out-turn (€m) |
REV Allocation 2012 (€m) |
|
Arts, Culture & Film |
29.136 |
20.101 |
|
Heritage |
10.242 |
9.469 |
|
Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands |
12.378 |
8.927 |
|
North-South Co-Operation |
6.001 |
4.503 |
|
Total |
57.757 |
43 |
