Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2016
465. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and funding amount in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37216/16]
View answer467. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding for projects in 2017 in County Louth to be funded by her Department by project name, location and funding amount in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37248/16]
View answer468. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been provided to County Meath over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and funding amount in tabular form. [37264/16]
View answer470. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding for projects in 2017 in County Meath to be funded by her Department by project name, location and funding amount in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37296/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 467, 468 and 470 together.
Details of the annual funding allocation to my Department at subhead level are published in the annual Revised Estimates Volume. Through these subheads, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at http://www.ahg.gov.ie/.
Expenditure under these programme areas is recorded and accounted for on a national basis and it is not possible to give a regional or county-by-county breakdown of that expenditure. For example, a number of my Department’s programmes are delivered through agencies and other intermediary bodies that operate across county boundaries and in respect of which there is no detailed breakdown on a county basis held by my Department. Groups and organisations that receive grants directly from my Department are not typically constituted on a single-county basis.
In view of this and because of the wide range of my Department’s schemes and programmes, and the large volumes of payments and grants involved, it is not possible to provide the information sought. However, if the Deputy has specific queries relating to a particular programme or grant, I will endeavour to provide him with relevant information in that regard
