Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2018
622. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by current and capital expenditure in 2018 to schemes (details supplied); and the total expended in each such scheme to date in tabular form. [50157/18]
View answerThe Current and Capital allocations for the schemes referred to by the Deputy, as provided for in the 2018 Revised Estimates Volume, are outlined in the following table, together with latest details of expenditure incurred under each of the schemes in question.
|
Scheme/Programme |
Current Allocation |
Current Expenditure to date |
Capital Allocation |
Capital Expenditure to date |
|
Town and Village Renewal Scheme |
-- |
-- |
€15,000,000 |
€11,420,126 |
|
Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme |
€1,000,000 |
€316,930 |
€10,383,000 |
€5,937,807 |
|
Walks Scheme |
€2,000,000 |
€2,000,000 |
-- |
-- |
|
CLÁR Programme |
-- |
-- |
€5,000,000 |
€3,530,250 |
|
Local Improvement Scheme |
-- |
-- |
€10,000,000 |
€10,323,310 |
|
Community Enhancement Programme (and all measures under the RAPID subhead) |
€2,233,000 |
€1,551,000 |
€5,767,000 |
€13,484,000 |
The new Community Enhancement Programme was launched in May 2018. It built on and replaced the Communities Facilities Scheme and the RAPID programme that operated in 2017. The table shows the total amount allocated across these programmes, and other measures under the RAPID subhead, in the Revised Estimates Volume. Due to the success of the new Community Enhancement Programme and the level of demand in communities, a further €8.5 million in Capital funding was allocated to the programme in the second half of the year from savings identified elsewhere in my Department’s Vote, with the approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
Similarly, an additional allocation of just under €10 million was announced for the Local Improvement Scheme in October, based on the level of demand and the capacity of the Local Authorities to substantively deliver the works before the end of the year.
My Department is continuing to process payment claims under the programmes listed above and on other programmes and I am confident that the overall programme funding available in my Department’s Vote will be spent by the end of the year.
