Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 January 2016
185. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituencies of Louth and Meath-East, by project and initiative, by completion date and by cost, for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3565/16]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that a contract for a Courts Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project was signed recently in December 2015 which will see the construction or redevelopment of seven regional Courthouses at a total project cost of around €135 million. This Courts PPP Bundle includes a courthouse to be built in Drogheda.
The intention is that construction will start early in 2016 with a view to completing the new and refurbished buildings within the next 24 months (December 2017). The Drogheda project entails a new courthouse consisting of two courtrooms and associated facilities being constructed on a landmark town centre site adjacent to the river Boyne. I am informed that construction has already begun in Drogheda and the expectation is that it will be the first project to be completed next year.
Other initiatives funded by my Department in Louth and Meath-East over the past 5 years are as follows.
|
Initiative |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Cosc Awareness Raising Scheme relating to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. |
€9,000 |
€11,000 |
€7,200 |
€5,000 |
€4,000 |
|
Cosc allocation for the provision of domestic violence perpetrator programme in North East |
€20,000 |
€18,000 |
€20,400 |
€22,682 |
23,000 |
|
Funding under the Victims of Crime Funding Scheme toward support services for victims of crime |
€44,300 |
€42,300 |
€45,060 |
€52,500 |
€52,500 |
|
European Fund for the Integration of Third-County Nationals (EIF) |
€79,590 |
€74,697 |
€66,681 |
€99,858 |
€37,091 |
|
Equality for Women ESF Measure |
€54,040 |
€40,053 |
€32,549 |
||
|
Grant Funding to Meath County Council for Promotion of the Integration of Immigrants |
€66,995 |
€6,000 |
€60,000 |
€66,000 |
€32,660 |
Additionally funds have been allocated to extend a Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) service to the Laytown and Ashbourne areas, via the existing GYDP in Navan. The service commenced in late 2015. The 2016 annual allocation for providing this service is over €100,000.
