Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2006
345 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date on various projects in County Kildare funded by his Department; the source of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/06]
Amharc ar fhreagra351 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if closing dates for grant aid available from his Department have been reached in respect of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18400/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 345 and 351 together.
I refer the Deputy to my replies to Questions Nos. 114 of 19 May 2005; 221 of 26 October 2005 and 285, 286 and 289 of 8 February 2006. As the Deputy will be aware my Department was established on 6 June 2002. Details of the expenditure to date on various projects in County Kildare funded by my Department are set out in the following appendix.
My Department's schemes have varying arrangements regarding closing dates, details of which are on my Department's website www.pobail.ie. If the Deputy would like information in relation to a particular scheme, I would be glad to provide details to him.
|
Scheme |
2004 Funding |
2005 Funding |
2006 to date |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
Local Authority Housing Estate Enhancement |
20,000 |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
RAPID Playgrounds |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
|
Sports Capital Top-ups* |
90,600 |
63,600 |
|
|
Traffic Measures |
N/A |
22,500 |
45,000 |
|
Health Sector Co-fund |
N/A |
38,500 |
|
|
Total |
140,600 |
199,600 |
90,000 |
* The Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs tops up the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism allocation.
The RAPID Leverage Fund was initiated in 2004. The above figures represent this Departments allocation to the Athy RAPID area. The Local Authority Housing Estate Enhancement, Playground, Traffic Measures and Health Sector Co-fund schemes receive matching funding from other Departments.
Under the RAPID Programme, the Athy Area Implementation Team (AIT) received support budget funding. Total allocation under the support and communications budget: 2002 — €14,500; 2003 — €9,600; 2004 — €9,200; 2005 — €12,500.
|
Allocations € |
|||||
|
Name |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
OAK Partnership * |
866,730 |
743,940 |
706,742 |
779,920 |
793,935 |
|
Action South Kildare |
672,195 |
651,977 |
586,945 |
638,294 |
649,765 |
|
Total |
1,538,925 |
1,395,917 |
1,293,687 |
1,418,214 |
1,443,700 |
*Oak Partnership serves, roughly equally, parts of both Co. Kildare, and Co. Offaly
Community Development Programme
The following table outlines funding under the Community Development Programme to Projects in Kildare. The 2002 to 2005 columns represents funding currently committed for 2006.
|
Total Funding |
|||||
|
Name |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
The Bridge CDP 5 Frances Lane Newbridge County Kildare |
N/A |
Start-Up Funding €13,000 |
Annual core funding — €59,000 *Once-Off Grants — €4,000 |
Annual core funding — €62,400 *Once-Off Grants — €8,000 |
Annual core-funding — €92,600 |
|
Athy CDP Woodstock Street Athy County Kildare |
Annual Core Funding Pre 24 June €39,991 Post 24 June €46,737 |
Annual core funding — €60,000 *Once-Off Grants — €8,000 |
Annual core funding — €103,285 *Once-Off Grants — €2,000 |
Annual core funding — €105,400 *Once-Off Grants — €4,000 |
Annual core-funding — €111,200 |
|
North West Kildare Allenwood, Naas County Kildare |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Annual core funding — €60,000 |
Annual core-funding — €60,000 Start-Up Funding €10,706 |
|
Total |
€86,728 |
€81,000 |
€168,285 |
€239,800 |
€274,506 |
*In addition to core funding, applications are invited each year from Community Development Projects for once-off grants towards small scale refurbishment projects, purchase of equipment, and programme activities. Decisions on such applications are taken on the basis of resources available. The applications for 2006 are currently under consideration and projects will be notified in due course.
Details of funding approved under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People (CSOP) and the Programme of Grants for Locally Based Community & Voluntary Groups are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie.
LEADER Programmes
The following is the expenditure to end April 2006 on the LEADER Programmes in County Kildare: LEADER + €2,629,823 has been paid out from an allocation of €3,887,400 for the period 2000-2006. Area Based Rural Development Initiative €606,632 has been paid out from an allocation of €1,227,600 for the period 2000-2006.
Dormant Accounts Fund
Under the initial round of funding, administered on behalf of the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board by Pobal (formerly known as Area Development Management Ltd), a total of twelve applications from organisations based in County Kildare were approved for funding of over €2.7 million in 2005. A breakdown of these approved projects is provided in the table below. No funding has yet been approved for projects in 2006.
|
Group/Organisation |
Grant |
|
€ |
|
|
KARE, County Kildare |
194,000 |
|
Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Celbridge, County Kildare |
167,336 |
|
Board of Management, Scoil Phádraig Naofa, Athy, County Kildare |
41,000 |
|
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, County Kildare |
300,000 |
|
Kildare Youth Services (Curragh Youth Project) |
81,226 |
|
Camphill Communities of Ireland, Kilcullen, County Kildare |
360,000 |
|
Athy Youth Project, County Kildare |
58,775 |
|
Athy Travellers’ Club, County Kildare |
50,420 |
|
Athy Town Council |
70,838 |
|
ASSET, Athy, County Kildare |
100,000 |
|
Cheshire Ireland, Newbridge, Co. Kildare |
1,272,273 |
|
Dyspraxia Association of Ireland |
50,500 |
|
Total |
2,746,368 |
Community Services Programme
This Department through its Community Services Programme administered by POBAL, currently funds 5 Projects in County Kildare and expenditure in 2006 is expected to be €565,858. This Programme transferred from Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment on 1st January 2006. It was previously called the Social Economy Programme and was administered by FÁS.
|
Group Name |
Annual Budget 2006 |
Paid to Date |
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
Ar an Uisce Enterprise |
150,788 |
45,228 |
|
Centre for Performing Arts |
56,747 |
20,156 |
|
Larkwood Products Ltd. |
140,339 |
42,703 |
|
Lullymore Heritage Park |
150,788 |
90,473 |
|
Naas Sports Group Ltd. |
67,196 |
26,424 |
