Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
2004. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount his Department invested in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37742/17]
View answerMy Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, foreshore regulation, fire services, Met Éireann, and the electoral and planning systems. In order to achieve its business objectives, the Department allocates significant resources to an extensive range of organisations, including local authorities, dedicated agencies and other bodies; some allocations, depending on the programmes concerned, are made on a national or other non-county basis.
In these circumstances, the information requested, which potentially relates to all expenditure programmes and county areas, is not readily available in my Department and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. If a question is tabled relating to a more specific issue concerning funding from my Department, I will endeavour to provide the information sought.
