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Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2019

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Questions (279)

John Curran

Question:

279. Deputy John Curran 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 2019; the amount expended in each such year and to date in 2019; the expenditure incurred under this scheme in each year and to date in 2019, by county; and the share of funds provided by EU structural funding and the Exchequer, respectively. [18241/19]

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The funding allocated to and amount expended by the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) from its inception on the 1 April 2015 to date is listed in Table 1.

Table 1:

  Year

 2015

 2016

 2017

 2018

 2019

 Allocated €m

 28.038

 37.441

 37.441

 38.028

 38.028

 Expended €m

 26.837

 35.083

 37.299

 37.812

 18.856

Table 2 provides funding allocations and the Department's expenditure per county for SICAP 2015 to 2019. 

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, SICAP commenced in Meath in May 2015 and in Galway County in January 2017.  Programme Implementers which had an underspend in 2015 and 2016 were permitted to offset the underspend against the following years budget.

Table 2: Funding allocations and the Department's expenditure per county

2015 Allocation

2015 Funding Issued

2016 Allocation

2016 Funding Issued

Carlow

402,321

402,321

536,428

533,928

Cavan

556,338

556,338

741,784

720,487

Clare

641,506

641,506

855,341

797,663

Cork

2,309,073

2,309,073

3,078,956

3,067,295

Donegal

1,480,935

1,480,935

1,974,580

1,920,151

Dublin

7,149,314

7,149,314

9,532,555

9,196,834

Galway

1,688,280

487,093

2,251,039

649,427

Kerry

1,222,199

1,222,199

1,629,598

1,626,089

Kildare

765,170

765,170

1,020,227

1,020,227

Kilkenny

455,860

455,860

607,813

605,399

Laois

423,048

423,048

564,064

559,205

Leitrim

393,488

393,488

524,650

481,609

Limerick

1,639,070

1,639,070

2,185,427

2,178,573

Longford

383,669

383,669

511,559

492,145

Louth

965,881

965,881

1,287,841

1,264,703

Mayo

930,908

930,908

1,241,211

1,215,481

Meath

235,799

235,799

371,072

369,743

Monaghan

464,453

464,453

619,271

612,427

Offaly

553,736

553,736

738,314

725,952

Roscommon

448,762

448,762

598,350

591,906

Sligo

439,136

439,136

585,514

554,930

Tipperary

841,838

841,838

1,122,450

1,116,186

Waterford

823,835

823,835

1,098,446

1,087,865

Westmeath

574,661

574,661

766,215

751,530

Wexford

1,276,311

1,276,311

1,701,748

1,697,683

Wicklow

972,584

972,584

1,296,777

1,245,474

Totals

28,038,175

26,836,988

37,441,230

35,082,912

2017 Allocation

2017 Funding Issued

2018 Allocation

2018 Funding Issued

2019 Allocation

2019 Funding Issued

Carlow

536,428

536,426

547,157

546,719

547,157

273,580

Cavan

741,784

732,058

756,620

748,659

756,620

378,310

Clare

855,341

855,341

872,448

872,448

872,448

436,224

Cork

3,078,956

3,077,547

3,159,205

3,158,959

3,159,205

1,579,606

Donegal

1,974,580

1,970,067

2,008,916

2,008,802

2,008,916

1,004,459

Dublin

9,532,555

9,509,364

9,656,954

9,575,503

9,656,954

4,828,477

Galway

2,251,039

2,251,039

2,251,039

2,250,098

2,251,039

1,125,519

Kerry

1,629,598

1,628,742

1,629,599

1,629,599

1,629,599

814,799

Kildare

1,020,227

1,011,063

1,061,036

1,061,036

1,061,036

530,518

Kilkenny

607,813

607,453

632,126

631,889

632,126

316,063

Laois

564,064

554,502

586,627

586,625

586,627

293,314

Leitrim

524,650

516,760

524,650

511,290

524,650

262,325

Limerick

2,185,427

2,184,409

2,185,427

2,184,718

2,185,427

1,092,714

Longford

511,559

506,591

511,559

500,352

511,559

255,780

Louth

1,287,841

1,287,708

1,313,599

1,313,599

1,313,599

656,800

Mayo

1,241,211

1,231,152

1,269,911

1,262,231

1,269,911

634,955

Meath

371,072

367,624

393,336

392,609

393,336

196,668

Monaghan

619,271

614,852

631,656

628,332

631,656

315,828

Offaly

738,314

731,384

760,463

750,858

760,463

380,232

Roscommon

598,350

595,358

598,350

597,908

598,350

299,175

Sligo

585,514

585,503

585,514

585,507

585,514

292,757

Tipperary

1,122,450

1,105,851

1,173,386

1,157,231

1,173,386

586,693

Waterford

1,098,446

1,095,322

1,120,415

1,089,306

1,120,415

560,208

Westmeath

766,215

755,391

781,539

780,540

781,539

390,770

Wexford

1,701,748

1,698,940

1,701,748

1,677,328

1,701,748

850,874

Wicklow

1,296,777

1,288,405

1,314,319

1,309,618

1,314,319

657,160

Totals

37,441,230

37,298,852

38,027,599

37,811,764

38,027,599

19,013,803

Table 3 provides information on funds received from the European Social Fund (ESF).  To date funding of €633,500 has been received from the European Social Fund (ESF).

Table 3: Funds received from the ESF to date which was for administration purposes only:

ESF receipts during 2016

€181,000

ESF receipts during 2015

€452,500

An allocation of €60m co-funding is available from the PEIL programme for SICAP 2018 to 2022. It is anticipated the first funding claim will be made to the European Commission in 2020.

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