Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2016
412. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding requested and provided for Traveller accommodation facilities and the drawdown, by local authority, for each of the past three years; if all the funding provided was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/16]
View answerIn accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding.
The first three TAPs covered the periods 2000-2004, 2005-2008 and 2009-2013. Local authorities adopted the fourth and current round of TAPs in April 2014, with the five-year rolling programmes running from 2014 to 2018. These programmes provide a road map for local authority investment priorities over the period. They also form the basis for the allocation of funding from my Department for traveller accommodation. Local authorities submit proposals for individual traveller-specific projects and developments, which are assessed on a case-by-case basis in my Department in advance of allocations being made.
The capital allocations and amounts recouped in respect of Traveller-specific accommodation for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 are set out in the table. A provision of €5.5m for Traveller-specific accommodation is in place for 2016, an increase of €1.2m on the 2015 allocation, and allocations will be made very shortly.
|
County Council |
Allocation 2013 € |
Recouped 2013 € |
Allocation 2014 € |
Recouped 2014 € |
Allocation 2015 € |
Recoupment 2015 € |
|
Carlow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cavan |
0 |
57,412 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clare |
343,450 |
248,290 |
181,976 |
250,613 |
37,000 |
0 |
|
Cork |
110,000 |
148,865 |
0 |
15,322 |
149,000 |
0 |
|
Donegal |
88,000 |
0 |
0 |
3,175 |
0 |
4,750 |
|
South Dublin |
50,000 |
81,277 |
24,750 |
46,978 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fingal |
115,000 |
55,000 |
222,575 |
424,754 |
645,000 |
1,058,425 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown |
160,000 |
204,352 |
8,793 |
23,986 |
0 |
1,592,429 |
|
Galway |
190,000 |
138,840 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kerry |
0 |
11,025 |
99,571 |
144,415 |
4,550 |
3,810 |
|
Kildare |
113,000 |
148,352 |
300,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny |
0 |
94,974 |
450,000 |
287,239 |
551,626 |
397,577 |
|
Laois |
659,000 |
675,028 |
0 |
60,262 |
0 |
30,600 |
|
Leitrim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
65,975 |
|
Limerick |
29,110 |
31,760 |
0 |
0 |
See Limerick City (City & County merged in 2014) |
See Limerick City( City & County merged in 2014) |
|
Longford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25,000 |
78,000 |
88,966 |
|
Louth |
155,000 |
155,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7,620 |
|
Mayo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3,810 |
0 |
0 |
|
Meath |
220,000 |
255,626 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
North Tipperary |
126,600 |
244,346 |
353,656 |
See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014) |
See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014) |
See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014) |
|
Offaly |
0 |
50,377 |
70,000 |
73,760 |
3,069 |
85,000 |
|
Roscommon |
427,000 |
393,184 |
54,000 |
96,126 |
19,622 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
8,000 |
9,700 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
South Tipperary |
0 |
1,275 |
0 |
See Tipperary County Council merged in 2014 |
See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014) |
See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014 |
|
Tipperary |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
291,874 |
800,000 |
23,142 |
|
Waterford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9,769 (City & County merged 2014) |
413,347 (City & County merged in 2014) |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
95,000 |
0 |
|
Wexford |
150,000 |
150,000 |
105,901 |
328,733 |
0 |
30,906 |
|
Wicklow |
108,300 |
164,684 |
0 |
67,038 |
63,097 |
27,891 |
|
City Council |
||||||
|
Cork |
0 |
17,500 |
256,687 |
206,913 |
800,000 |
427,304 |
|
Dublin |
420,000 |
465,000 |
407,500 |
481,693 |
366,299 |
99,162 |
|
Galway |
159,000 |
0 |
75,127 |
72,241 |
0 |
62,150 |
|
Limerick |
295,000 |
264,310 |
350,000 |
249,987 |
7,500(City & County Council merged in 2014) |
68,923( City & County merged in 2014) |
|
Waterford |
25,000 |
76,756 |
0 |
9,769 (city & county) |
413,347 (City & County Council merged in 2014) |
0 |
|
Reserve |
48,540 |
39,464 |
66,890 |
|||
|
TOTAL |
4,000,000 |
4,142,933 |
3,000,000 |
3,163,688 |
4,300,000 |
4,074,630 |
