Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
1192. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €28 million pre-paid to local authorities at the end of 2016 that has not been expended to date by local authority; the steps he plans to take to ensure these funds are either spent or returned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25081/18]
View answerAs part of the Government’s programme to support rural development, a number of initiatives including CLÁR, the Rural Recreation Scheme, the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, and REDZ (Rural Economic Development Zones) were launched during 2016. In general, these initiatives were implemented through the Local Authorities.
Payments of approximately €28 million were made to the Local Authorities in 2016 to deliver these schemes. All funding was provided on the basis of sanction received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and on foot of Funding Agreements signed with the Local Authorities.
The table below outlines the amount of funding provided to each Local Authority by programme in 2016 and the amounts unspent as reported to the end of April 2018. It should be noted that not all Local Authorities applied for, or were eligible for, every scheme.
Almost 88% of all funding allocated to the Local Authorities has been spent, with expenditure on the CLAR programme and the Town and Village Renewal scheme in excess of 90%. The Department is continuing to work closely with all relevant Local Authorities to ensure that all remaining unspent funding is utilised in accordance with the original project proposals.
|
County |
Total amount disbursed REDZ 2016 |
REDZ 2016 Total Department REDZ Grant unspent by LA at the 30th April 2018 |
Total amount paid Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2016 |
Town & Village Total Department Grant unspent by LA at the 30th April 2018 |
|
Carlow |
€200,000.00 |
€72,800.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Cavan |
€200,000.00 |
€87,500.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Clare |
€200,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Cork |
€248,000.00 |
€41,006.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Donegal |
€298,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€343,691.00 |
|
Dublin FINGAL DLR |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€67,796.00 |
|
Galway |
€100,000.00 |
€44,944.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€18,214.00 |
|
Kerry |
€150,195.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Kildare |
€100,000.00 |
€14,002.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€124,986.00 |
|
Kilkenny |
€200,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Laois |
€200,000.00 |
€8,093.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€45,621.00 |
|
Leitrim |
€300,000.00 |
€58,341.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Limerick |
€300,000.00 |
€100,000.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Longford |
€350,000.00 |
€19,412.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Louth |
€100,000.00 |
€82,856.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Mayo |
€150,000.00 |
€5,000.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Meath |
€200,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€42,730.00 |
|
Monaghan |
€290,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€77.00 |
|
Offaly |
€414,870.00 |
€156,070.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Roscommon |
€100,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€59,668.00 |
|
Sligo |
€800,000.00 |
€140,000.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Tipperary |
€699,221.00 |
€267,643.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€2,493.00 |
|
Waterford |
€100,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Westmeath |
€192,000.00 |
€56,023.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€60,000.00 |
|
Wexford |
€100,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€26,654.00 |
|
Wicklow |
€150,556.00 |
€126,300.00 |
€380,000.00 |
€20,970.00 |
|
Total |
€6,142,842.00 |
€1,279,990.00 |
€9,880,000.00 |
€812,900.00 |
|
County |
Total amount disbursed CLAR 2016 Scheme |
Total Department Grant unspent by LA at the 31 Mar 2018 CLÁR (total of 3 measures) 30th April 2018 |
Total amount disbursed Rural Recreation Scheme Local Authorities 2016 |
Rural Rec Total Department Grant unspent by LA at the 30th April 2018 |
|
Carlow |
€80,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€67,500.00 |
€30,365.95 |
|
Cavan |
€498,184.00 |
€61,102.11 |
€45,567.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Clare |
€284,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€255,625.20 |
€0.00 |
|
Cork |
€562,222.40 |
€87,387.63 |
€417,815.15 |
€32,964.00 |
|
Donegal |
€878,632.54 |
€69,227.30 |
€67,991.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Dublin FINGAL DLR |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€33,666.94 |
€0.00 |
|
Galway |
€392,000.00 |
€28,174.00 |
€248,950.00 |
€96,279.37 |
|
Kerry |
€744,964.00 |
€19,444.00 |
€288,000.00 |
€41,359.00 |
|
Kildare |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Kilkenny |
€223,000.00 |
€7,670.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Laois |
€148,900.00 |
€400.00 |
€256,000.00 |
€37,440.00 |
|
Leitrim |
€274,800.00 |
€0.00 |
€480,000.00 |
€401,354.10 |
|
Limerick |
€235,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€291,250.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Longford |
€237,560.00 |
€5,177.89 |
€190,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Louth |
€173,520.00 |
€10,386.50 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Mayo |
€976,869.00 |
€49,999.40 |
€455,000.00 |
€78,143.50 |
|
Meath |
€127,600.00 |
€3,235.00 |
€50,000.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Monaghan |
€356,440.00 |
€4,763.00 |
€273,014.00 |
€5,692.41 |
|
Offaly |
€123,398.00 |
€0.00 |
€172,959.00 |
€161,816.00 |
|
Roscommon |
€406,497.40 |
€54,055.77 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Sligo |
€598,400.00 |
€40,000.00 |
€42,562.50 |
€0.00 |
|
Tipperary |
€371,000.00 |
€13,848.40 |
€85,208.00 |
€11,751.00 |
|
Waterford |
€261,600.00 |
€21,149.59 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Westmeath |
€214,280.00 |
€44,000.78 |
€219,590.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Wexford |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€189,455.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Wicklow |
€70,000.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Total |
€8,238,867.34 |
€520,021.37 |
€4,130,153.79 |
€897,165.33 |
