Traveller Accommodation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2020

Thursday, 26 November 2020

Questions (244)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual budget allocated to counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Louth, Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2018 to 2020 to provide for Traveller housing accommodation; the percentage of that funding spent annually in each of these counties on the provision of accommodation for members of the Traveller community; and the amount of unspent funding returned during that same period in tabular form. [39328/20]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Deputy Peter Burke)

The table below sets out the for allocation and expenditure in respect of Traveller accommodation for Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Louth, Longford and Westmeath county councils in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 year to date up to and including November 24.

In 2020, to facilitate ease of access to funding my Department is not allocating specific budgets to individual local authorities. Instead, it is open to all local authorities to apply for and drawdown funds at any time through the year and this is actively encouraged by my Department. The Traveller-specific budget for 2020 is €14.5m.

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