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Water Services Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Questions (754)

Barry Cowen

Question:

754. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a county by county breakdown of funding under the rural water programme from 2010 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34438/13]

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Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group water schemes, group sewerage schemes and small public water and sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection and approval of individual schemes for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the block grant allocations provided, is therefore a matter for local authorities.

Group water schemes may also qualify for a subsidy towards the operational costs of supplying domestic water in respect of each house connected to the scheme. A total of €25.5 million has been provided this year to cover the costs of this subsidy scheme and towards the salary costs of Rural Water Liaison Officers. This subsidy scheme is also administered by the local authorities. Payments under this scheme are recouped to local authorities by my Department out of the Local Government Fund as demand arises rather than on the basis of block grant allocations.

The information requested is set out in the following table:

-

-

2010

-

2011

-

2012

2013

Local Authority

Capital Rural Water Programme

Local Government Fund

Capital Rural Water Programme

Local Government Fund

Capital Rural Water Programme

Local Government Fund

Capital Rural Water Programme Allocations

-

Carlow

2,382,398

 194,780

1,460,961

188,592

864,209

315,412

646,803.00

Cavan

2,772,089

1,662,699

2,199,574

4,442,757

1,332,571

2,823,222

582,500.00

Clare

4,557,076

1,045,893

3,259,365

888,648

883,341

1,684,291

756,250.00

Cork

4,581,171

203,757

4,508,669

85,111

1,832,490

125,195

926,134.00

Donegal

3,606,286

185,114

3,136,397

158,034

1,606,316

199,750

1,000,000.00

Dun Laoire / Rathdown

5,221

  -  

4,500

-  

21,166

 -  

-

Galway

13,531,294

2,605,770

19,065,735

2,733,513

 4,607,080

3,900,528

 5,402,102.00

Kerry

3,724,863

346,598

2,662,102

319,030

 4,948,056

  309,748

 1,736,901.00

Kildare

886,987

141,352

1,060,213

155,851

 415,983

205,992

 891,889.00

Kilkenny

1,219,090

274,933

1,054,613

349,303

 1,164,459

238,680

  666,250.00

Laois

1,274,618

324,353

1,728,608

321,627

 1,016,637

522,576

 819,301.00

Leitrim

4,186,561

598,998

3,317,224

313,532

 2,036,732

379,119

 2,116,779.00

Limerick

2,841,854

876,638

3,228,567

961,976

 1,298,614

1,530,294

 1,098,630.00

Longford

717,901

59,791

1,254,336

82,566

  951,129

55,787

 1,071,994.00

Louth

984,019

160,615

1,060,950

248,015

 785,568

159,430

  343,331.00

Mayo

12,967,809

3,301,262

11,267,319

4,243,293

 4,928,994

4,043,657

  3,167,530.00

Meath

1,293,665

194,646

1,233,712

79,655

 847,867

166,812

 374,250.00

Monaghan

2,110,841

1,501,258

1,920,559

3,946,445

 304,390

3,296,766

 168,750.00

North Tipperary

2,211,882

334,445

2,155,704

463,109

 1,145,492

417,904

  643,000.00

Offaly

1,649,612

750,597

1,681,569

392,561

 741,917

1,079,791

 1,277,040.00

Roscommon

11,154,830

602,299

2,394,025

866,377

 1,104,591

720,782

 1,856,250.00

Sligo

816,108

1,071,647

1,664,480

807,399

 883,921

1,625,847

 1,051,515.00

South Dublin

4,616

 -  

 2,032

-  

  20,483

  -  

-

South Tipperary

667,364

40,162

690,928

36,714

 486,364

 39,640

 1,154,250.00

Waterford

1,143,692

21,648

1,282,039

17,805

 1,116,266

 22,394

 683,450.00

Westmeath

1,115,863

73,078

1,333,162

102,318

  979,439

 67,688

  809,750.00

Wexford

2,078,670

318,854

 2,309,874

630,894

 1,796,040

 600,712

  919,663.00

Wicklow

3,002,354

108,814

 1,544,812

164,874

 1,135,562

 110,983

  599,475.00

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