Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 November 2014
517. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on an annual basis from 1997 to 2011 inclusive the financial allocation made to Monaghan County Council for water and sewerage schemes, including major schemes, smaller town and village schemes and rural group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45177/14]
View answerMy Department provided capital funding to local authorities under the Water Services Investment Programmes (WSIPs) up until the end of 2013. The following table sets out the funding recouped to Monaghan County Council from 1997 to 2011 under the WSIPs.
|
Year Paid |
Total paid |
|
1997 |
€2,620,048 |
|
1998 |
€2,724,317 |
|
1999 |
€3,944,853 |
|
2000 |
€8,214,616 |
|
2001 |
€5,236,878 |
|
2002 |
€1,859,214 |
|
2003 |
€2,834,075 |
|
2004 |
€3,226,457 |
|
2005 |
€1,966,256 |
|
2006 |
€1,448,933 |
|
2007 |
€622,561 |
|
2008 |
€5,871,193 |
|
2009 |
€11,992,801 |
|
2010 |
€4,570,237 |
|
2011 |
€4,674,019 |
|
Grand Total |
€61,806,458 |
Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual scheme proposals 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 the local authorities. The table below sets out the funding recouped to Monaghan County Council from 1997 to 2011. This includes all capital funding provided under the Rural Water Programme and subsidies, provided under the Local Government Fund, towards the operational costs of group water schemes and local authority salary costs.
RURAL WATER PROGRAMME
|
Year |
Exchequer Grants Paid |
Subsidies paid towards operational costs of Group Water Schemes and Local Authority Salary Costs |
|
- |
€ |
€ |
|
1997 |
1,600,509 |
264,715 |
|
1998 |
922,989 |
356,824 |
|
1999 |
2,264,535 |
651,922 |
|
2000 |
1,972,322 |
622,189 |
|
2001 |
2,876,253 |
448,972 |
|
2002 |
3,664,322 |
761,117 |
|
2003 |
8,974,784 |
813,626 |
|
2004 |
4,354,337 |
735,770 |
|
2005 |
3,674,409 |
1,471,682 |
|
2006 |
3,263,380 |
1,002,725 |
|
2007 |
2,525,976 |
719,116 |
|
2008 |
3,358,748 |
1,790,315 |
|
2009 |
2,533,132 |
3,019,024 |
|
2010 |
2,110,841 |
1,501,258 |
|
2011 |
1,920,559 |
3,946,445 |
|
TOTALS |
46,017,096 |
18,105,700 |
Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has published its proposed Capital Investment Plan (CIP) 2014 – 2016 and this is available online athttp://www.water.ie/news/proposed-capital-investme/Proposed-Capital-Investment-Plan-2014-2016.pdf.
Irish Water has also established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives and has contacted all Oireachtas members to provide details of an improved level of service which it is aiming to provide. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a new dedicated number, 1890 578 578.
