asked the Minister for the Environment the number of local authorities who made an application for finance for the setting up and running of dog control units; the amount allocated to each local authority in 1983-84; and the number of current applications under investigation.
Written Answers. - Animal Control Units.
607.
Since 1978, 24 local authorities have applied to my Department under the scheme introduced in that year for the recoupment of 50 per cent of their expenditure on approved projects for the control of stray dogs and cats. The nature of the projects which have been the subject of these applications ranges from the provision of animal shelters and collection services to the recoupment of financial contributions to other bodies, usually the local branch of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The following payments were made under the scheme in 1983 and to date in 1984:
1983
|
Local Authority County Council |
Payment£ |
|
Carlow |
375 |
|
Clare |
500 |
|
Cork |
1,750 |
|
Dublin |
6,000 |
|
Kerry |
3,000 |
|
Kildare |
750 |
|
Limerick |
500 |
|
Louth |
4,653 |
|
Meath |
250 |
|
Monaghan |
125 |
|
Tipperary (NR) |
250 |
|
Tipperary (SR) |
7,879 |
|
Wicklow |
6,750 |
|
County Borough Corporation |
|
|
Cork |
500 |
|
Dublin |
12,500 |
|
Limerick |
1,000 |
|
Waterford |
19,499 |
|
Urban District Council |
|
|
Killarney UDC |
50 |
|
Listowel UDC |
800 |
|
Longford UDC |
2,144 |
|
Tralee UDC |
1,200 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
150 |
1984
|
Local Authority County Council |
Payment£ |
|
Cork |
1,750 |
|
Kerry |
3,000 |
|
Limerick |
500 |
|
Monaghan |
125 |
|
Tipperary (NR) |
250 |
|
Tipperary (SR) |
2,032 |
|
County Borough Corporation |
|
|
Cork Corporation |
1,000 |
|
Urban District Council |
|
|
Killarney UDC |
400 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
500 |
All applications received in 1983 were paid in that year. There are no applications under investigation at present.