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Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 November 2018

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Questions (232, 233)

Dara Calleary

Question:

232. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established in tabular form; the allocation in 2018; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the expenditure incurred under this scheme by county in each year and to date in 2018; and the share of funds provided by EU structural funding and the share financed by the Exchequer, respectively. [48554/18]

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Dara Calleary

Question:

233. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [48555/18]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 233 together.

The information requested is set out in the following table.

The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) commenced on 1 April 2015 in most parts of the country.  Expenditure figures for Counties Meath in 2015 and Galway in 2015 and 2016 reflect the fact that a deliberative process was ongoing at the time, and SICAP commenced in Meath in May 2015 and in Galway County in January 2017. 

Programme Implementers with an underspend in 2015, 2016 or 2017 were permitted to offset the underspend against the following years budget, leading to the funding issued being lower than the allocation in some cases.

Funding allocations and the Department's expenditure per county

County

2015 Allocation

2015 Funding   Issued

2016 Allocation

2016 Funding Issued

2017 Allocation

2017 Funding Issued

2018 Allocation

2018 Funding Issued

Carlow  

402,321

402,321

536,428

533,928

536,428

536,426

547,157

546,719

Cavan  

556,338

556,338

741,784

720,487

741,784

732,058

756,620

748,659

Clare  

641,506

641,506

855,341

797,663

855,341

855,341

872,448

872,448

Cork

2,309,073

2,309,073

3,078,956

3,067,295

3,078,956

3,077,547

3,159,205

3,158,959

Donegal  

1,480,935

1,480,935

1,974,580

1,920,151

1,974,580

1,970,067

2,008,916

2,008,802

Dublin  

7,149,314

7,149,314

9,532,555

9,196,834

9,532,555

9,509,364

9,656,954

9,575,503

Galway

1,688,280

487,093

2,251,039

649,427

2,251,039

2,251,039

2,251,039

2,250,098

Kerry  

1,222,199

1,222,199

1,629,598

1,626,089

1,629,598

1,628,742

1,629,599

1,629,599

Kildare  

765,170

765,170

1,020,227

1,020,227

1,020,227

1,011,063

1,061,036

1,061,036

Kilkenny  

455,860

455,860

607,813

605,399

607,813

607,453

632,126

631,889

Laois  

423,048

423,048

564,064

559,205

564,064

554,502

586,627

586,625

Leitrim  

393,488

393,488

524,650

481,609

524,650

516,760

524,650

511,290

Limerick  

1,639,070

1,639,070

2,185,427

2,178,573

2,185,427

2,184,409

2,185,427

2,184,718

Longford  

383,669

383,669

511,559

492,145

511,559

506,591

511,559

500,352

Louth  

965,881

965,881

1,287,841

1,264,703

1,287,841

1,287,708

1,313,599

€1,313,599

Mayo  

930,908

930,908

1,241,211

1,215,481

1,241,211

1,231,152

1,269,911

1,262,231

Meath

235,799

235,799

371,072

369,743

371,072

367,624

393,336

392,609

Monaghan  

464,453

464,453

619,271

612,427

619,271

614,852

631,656

628,332

Offaly  

553,736

553,736

738,314

725,952

738,314

731,384

760,463

750,858

Roscommon

448,762

448,762

598,350

591,906

598,350

595,358

598,350

597,908

Sligo  

439,136

439,136

585,514

554,930

585,514

585,503

585,514

585,507

Tipperary  

841,838

841,838

1,122,450

1,116,186

1,122,450

1,105,851

1,173,386

1,157,231

Waterford  

823,835

823,835

1,098,446

1,087,865

1,098,446

1,095,322

1,120,415

1,089,306

Westmeath  

574,661

574,661

766,215

751,530

766,215

755,391

781,539

780,540

Wexford  

1,276,311

1,276,311

1,701,748

1,697,683

1,701,748

1,698,940

1,701,748

1,677,328

Wicklow  

972,584

972,584

1,296,777

1,245,474

1,296,777

1,288,405

1,314,319

1,309,618

Totals

28,038,175

26,836,988

37,441,230

35,082,912

37,441,230

37,298,852

38,027,599

37,811,764

All SICAP Lot funding to date has been financed up-front by the Exchequer.  The Programme for Employability Inclusion and Learning (PEIL), being the current ESF operational programme, has allocated a total of €30 million in funding to the new SICAP programme, for the three year period 2018 to 2020. The first claim, in respect of the ESF allocation for 2018, is likely to be made in late 2019. The ESF funding will then be rebated to the Exchequer.

The provision of future funding is subject to the usual budgetary processes.  However, I am confident that over the five year term of SICAP 2018-2022 funding of some €190 million will be allocated to the Programme.

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