Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Questions (287)

Barry Cowen

Question:

287. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total amount of moneys spent on group water schemes per annum from 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5422/15]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s 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. Table 1 sets out the capital funding recouped by my Department, in respect of group water schemes, to local authorities while Table 2 sets out the amount recouped to them in respect of subsidies paid toward towards the operational costs of group water schemes.

Table 1

Group Water Scheme Capital Amounts Recouped to Local Authorities

County	2011	2012	2013	2014
-	€	€	€	€
Carlow	832,052	194,915	536,572	423,863
Cavan	782,703	200,000	500,000	588,673
Clare	2,385,239	368,893	274,585	33,651
Cork	900,028	ard	267,469	167,175
Donegal	900,000	ard	195,750	144,038
Galway	14,872,003	3,796,440	3,167,598	1,218,617
Kerry	578,166	849,419	824,724	497,640
Kildare	298,853	52,800	21,951	3,449
Kilkenny	366,028	390,392	445,968	335,378
Laois	778,532	473,253	810,548	488,574
Leitrim	2,710,308	1,603,234	465,027	153,470
Limerick	1,431,297	526,230	253,620	907,369
Longford	386,300	224,275	399,453	153,336
Louth	282,755	84,133	117,537	218,498
Mayo	9,472,415	3,977,080	1,079,728	1,588,696
Meath	193,360	75,200	21,100	37,065
Monaghan	1,005,903	-	644,930	611,821
North Tipperary	1,444,054	623,372	641,552	476,147
Offaly	989,605	183,994	275,865	454,622
Roscommon	1,709,643	426,229	378,703	1,530,873
Sligo	994,755	468,893	470,301	609,863
South Tipperary	-	25,868	41,778	110,694
Waterford	91,008	25,317	25,417	55,889
Westmeath	467,310	115,373	471,448	89,967
Wexford	979,242	585,050	413,000	24,477
Wicklow	527,103	594,780	14,974	159,743

Table 2

Group Water Scheme Subsidy Amounts Recouped to Local Authorities

County	2011	2012	2013	2014
	€	€	€	€
Carlow	153,039.60	279,858.91	204,241.62	250,289.57
Cavan	4,407,204.11	2,787,668.89	3,520,600.31	3,775,414.89
Clare	853,095.57	1,648,738.36	914,710.16	1,194,208.88
Cork	69,874.10	109,958.17	98,138.23	115,207.43
Donegal	122,480.87	164,197.73	122,833.15	119,924.09
Galway	2,697,959.92	3,864,975.70	2,909,495.92	2,948,854.68
Kerry	283,477.19	274,194.97	211,799.26	199,164.76
Kildare	120,298.81	170,439.71	128,159.67	128,545.69
Kilkenny	334,065.70	223,443.12	305,872.04	258,185.47
Laois	306,390.15	507,338.86	291,709.53	469,311.69
Leitrim	277,979.72	343,565.99	297,833.50	397,761.98
Limerick	926,423.62	1,494,741.44	826,609.32	818,329.82
Longford	47,013.56	20,233.99	17,866.43	17,818.55
Louth	212,462.04	123,877.10	144,822.79	122,523.97
Mayo	4,207,739.92	4,008,104.12	3,592,249.65	3,688,812.80
Meath	64,418.30	151,575.44	91,276.82	120,739.48
Monaghan	3,910,892.65	3,261,213.07	2,351,184.38	3,039,970.98
North Tipperary	427,556.75	382,351.79	172,259.64	462,653.00
Offaly	377,324.61	1,064,553.77	571,306.60	553,071.30
Roscommon	830,824.70	685,229.34	532,485.62	676,925.00
Sligo	771,846.60	1,590,294.34	834,555.86	1,253,768.74
South Tipperary	21,476.82	24,402.88	24,407.27	24,039.49
Waterford	2,568.31	7,156.65	5,541.28	4,998.80
Westmeath	66,764.83	32,135.50	35,669.35	35,978.81
Wexford	595,341.59	565,159.37	377,782.69	305,651.56
Wicklow	129,320.96	75,430.34	69,055.86	72,602.79

Questions Nos. 288 to 293, inclusive, answered with Question No. 279.