Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2017

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Questions (265)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

265. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established, in tabular form; the allocation in 2017; the actual amount of expenditure expended in each such year and to date in 2017; and the expenditure incurred under this scheme, by county, in each year and to date in 2017. [31959/17]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

My Department’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) was rolled out across communities on 1 April 2015 and will run until 31 December 2017, with funding allocated as follows.

2015 (9 Months)	2016	2017
€28 million	€37.5 million	€37.5 million

SICAP operated for a 9 month period for 2015 and the funding allocation included an allocation of €2 million under the European Structural Funds (ESF) Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020 and €2 million under the Youth Employment Initiative. The SICAP funding allocation for 2016 and 2017 includes an allocation of €3 million for each year under the ESF.

SICAP aims to tackle poverty, social exclusion and long-term unemployment through local engagement and partnership between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations, public sector agencies and other stakeholders.

The following table sets out the requested information regarding expenditure incurred, by county, in 2015 and 2016. Verified data on expenditure to date in 2017, by county, is not available. However, it is generally the case that the bulk of expenditure takes place in the latter half of the year. Please note that SICAP did not commence in Galway County until January 2017 due to a deliberative process. The figures in the following table for Galway in 2015 and 2016 refer to Galway City only.

County	Annual Budget 2015	Spend 2015	Annual Budget 2016	Spend 2016	Annual Budget 2017
Carlow	402,321	399,820	536,428	536,424	536,428
Cavan	556,338	535,041	741,784	732,057	741,784
Clare	641,506	583,828	855,341	855,341	855,341
Cork	2,309,073	2,297,413	3,078,956	3,077,547	3,078,956
Donegal	1,480,935	1,426,506	1,974,580	1,970,067	1,974,580
Dublin	7,149,314	6,813,594	9,532,555	9,509,363	9,532,555
Galway	487,093	487,062	649,458	649,456	2,251,039
Kerry	1,222,199	1,218,688	1,629,598	1,628,740	1,629,598
Kildare	765,170	765,170	1,020,227	1,011,063	1,020,227
Kilkenny	455,860	453,445	607,813	607,453	607,813
Laois	423,048	418,188	564,064	554,501	564,064
Leitrim	393,488	350,446	524,650	516,759	524,650
Limerick	1,639,070	1,632,216	2,185,427	2,184,407	2,185,427
Longford	383,669	364,255	511,559	506,590	511,559
Louth	965,881	942,742	1,287,841	1,287,708	1,287,841
Mayo	930,908	905,177	1,241,211	1,231,150	1,241,211
Meath	235,799	234,470	371,072	367,624	371,072
Monaghan	464,453	457,608	619,271	614,852	619,271
Offaly	553,736	541,373	738,314	731,383	738,314
Roscommon	448,762	442,318	598,350	595,357	598,350
Sligo	439,136	408,552	585,514	585,502	585,514
Tipperary	841,838	835,573	1,122,450	1,105,851	1,122,450
Waterford	823,835	813,254	1,098,446	1,095,322	1,098,446
Westmeath	574,661	559,975	766,215	755,392	766,215
Wexford	1,276,311	1,272,246	1,701,748	1,698,940	1,701,748
Wicklow	972,584	921,279	1,296,777	1,288,405	1,296,777