Community Development.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2004

Tuesday, 15 June 2004

Ceisteanna (526)

Paul McGrath

Ceist:

579 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects in County Westmeath which were funded under the CLÁR programme; and the grant aid for each of these projects. [17326/04]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Éamon Ó Cuív)

When I launched the CLÁR programme in October 2001, six Westmeath DEDs were included. This increased to 18 in January 2003 following the analysis of the 2002 population census data in line with the commitment in the agreed programme for Government.

From 2002 to date, CLÁR funding of €243,887 been approved under various measures of CLÁR in County Westmeath. The following tables detail the CLÁR funding allocated from 2002 to date in 2004. Full details of the co-funding arrangements and actual expenditure are listed in the appendix.

Measure	Approved CLÁR Funding 2002	Approved CLÁR Funding 2003	Approved CLÁR Funding 2004
	€	€	€
Non-National Strategic Road co-funded with DOEHLG	20,000	20,000	N/A
Class 11 and 111 Roads co-funded with DOEHLG	N/A	N/A	28,302
Class 111 Local Roads (Fully funded by CLÁR)	70,000	N/A	N/A
Flashing Amber Safety Lights at Schools	N/A	10,000	N/A
LIS Roads	14,121	N/A	N/A
Village Enhancement Scheme	20,000	20,000	20,000
Local Authority Estate Enhancement Scheme (2003 and 2004)	N/A	7,232	7,232
Sports Capital Grants Top-up Funding	N/A	7,000	N/A
Total	124,121	64,232	55,534

Appendix — County Westmeath: Co-funding with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for Strategic Non-National Roads 2002

Road Number	Road Description	Length of Section	CLÁR Expenditure
	FromTo	kms	€
LS 5763 / LS 5762	Castlepollard to Oldcastle at Sheskernagh	0.4	5,584
LS5470	Creggan Athlone	0.12	2,000
LS5472	Creggan Athlone	0.2	8,000
Total			*15,584

* Matched equally by DOEHLG

2003

Road Number	Road DescriptionFromTo	Length of Sectionkms	CLÁR Expenditure€
LP1218	Junction with R392 at Skeaghbeg towards Loughnavalley	2.7	17,709
Total			*17,709

* Matched equally by DOEHLG

Measure not operating in 2004

Co-funding with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for Class 11and Class 111 Local Roads 2004

Road Number	DED	Location of Scheme	Length of Scheme (m)	Approved CLÁR Funding 2004
				€
LS5769	Knockarrow	Start at LS5769/R394 junction and 1km to Castletown Church	800	13,300
LS5238	Jamestown	Carn, Kildare	1,500	15,000
Total				*28,300

* Matched equally by DOEHLG

Class 111 Roads Fully Funded by CLÁR 2002

Road Number	DED	CLÁR Funding
		€
LT17712	Finnea	6,000
LT17715	Finnea	19,948
LT57632	Hilltown	6,500
LT58291	Lismacaffrey	13,098
LT57681	Finea	9,789
LT17717	Finnea	5,000
Total		60,335

No Class 111 roads selected by Westmeath County Council for funding in 2003

Flashing Safety Lights at Schools Fully Funded by CLÁR 2003

School Name	DED	Actual Cost
		€
Moyvore National School	Templepatrick	3,750
Total		3,750

Local Improvement Scheme Roads 2002

Road Name/Number	Name of Applicant	DED	Actual Cost *	CLÁR Funding
			€	€
Off L5469	Michael McArdle	Muckanagh	19,940	14,121
Total				14,121

*Includes local contribution

No applications for LIS funding received from Westmeath County Council in 2003 or 2004

Village Enhancement Scheme 2002

Village	DED	Enhancement Works	Total Cost	CLÁR Expenditure @ 1/3
			€	€
Lismacaffrey	Boherquill	Public lights columns Widening Footpaths	3,892 7,200
Boherquill	Boherquill	Black Top to Church Car Park Drainage work to Cemetery Car ParkSub-base and surface dressing to Cemetery	7,214 3,500 8,194
Total			30,000 *	10,000

*Funded equally three ways by CLÁR, Local Authority and LEADER Group/Local Community

2003

Village	DED	Enhancement Works	Total Cost	CLÁR Expenditure @ 1/3
			€	€
Killare	Killare	Provision of new public light and upgrading of existing public lights	1,420
Boher	Killare	Surface dressed car park off church and erection of village signs	1,672
Ballinalack	Rathowen	Supply and install bench landscaping	1,956
Moyvore	Templepatrick	Installation of 6 no. public lights and civil works and commission of same by ESB	6,358
Finnea	Finnea	Repairs to monument and paving	4,343
Street	Street	New footpath	19,753
Boherquill	Boherquill	6 lights to cemetery	11,389
Empor	Empor	Supply and install 2 no. lights direct labour mach. Stores hire plant materials	10,283
Rathowen	Rathowen	Supply and install 5 no. fingerpost signs and 1 no. bench landscaping
Total			58,774 *	19,591

*Funded equally three ways by CLÁR, Local Authority and LEADER Group/Local Community

2004 Total Allocation €60,000.

To be funded equally three ways by CLÁR, Local Authority and LEADER Group/Local Community

Local Authority Housing Estate Enhancement Scheme 2004

Estate	DED	Nature of Enhancement	Total Cost	CLÁR Funding @ 47.5%
				€
Rathowen Housing Estate	Rathowen	Paving, Fencing, Kerbing Footpaths	15,186	7,213
Finnea Housing Estate	Finnea	Handstand Play area, Landscaping	14,164	6,728
Total			29,350	13,941

Total Allocation for 2003 and 2004 = €30,450.

Funding: CLÁR 47.5%, Local Authority 47.5% and Community 5%

Sports Capital Top-up Grants 2003

Club	DED	Approved CLÁR Top up funding (20%)
		€
Street Parish Park Committee	Street	7,000

No top-up applicable in 2002 or 2004