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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2006

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Ceisteanna (391, 392, 393)

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

410 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding in 2006 for the community development programme; if he will give a breakdown of the level of allocations to CAP projects in the Dublin area over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42804/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

The Community Development Programme was established in 1990 in recognition of the role of community development in tackling the causes and effects of poverty and disadvantage. The Programme is designed to reduce social exclusion by targeting support at disadvantaged and socially excluded communities in order to improve their capacity to benefit from social and economic development. My Department assumed responsibility for the Programme in June 2002.

Projects within the Community Development Programme are funded on a contract basis, and are located in recognised disadvantaged urban and rural areas nationwide. Some €24 million has been allocated to the Programme in 2006. Sixty-nine community development projects are based in the Dublin area in 2006, of a total of 182 projects nationwide. Details of funding to these projects in the past five years can be found in the appendix.

Appendix

Community Development Project

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002 (from 25 June)

An Cosán/Shanty

126,800.00

175,350.00

78,740.00

76,020.00

56,550.00

An Síol CDP

124,700.00

112,400.00

97,820.00

94,565.00

77,650.00

Aontas

N/A

N/A

N/A

71,500.00

70,700.00

Ballybrack CDP

50,769.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project

60,000.00

64,927.11

62,000.00

71,789.00

N/A

Ballymun Men’s

113,329.98

80,437.00

62,000.00

77,533.00

5,500.00

Bawnogue Women’s

58,100.00

45,952.00

39,380.00

39,270.00

18,838.00

Blakestown

128,500.00

118,750.00

103,000.00

100,000.00

77,550.00

Blanchardstown Travellers

96,800.00

88,829.00

83,100.00

83,900.00

28,750.00

Bluebell CDP

100,681.89

98,431.52

60,800.00

40,400.00

0.00

Bosnian

110,600.00

103,800.00

97,770.00

111,520.00

42,226.00

Cabra CDP

68,875.00

51,500.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

CAFTA CDP

129,909.00

123,100.00

110,920.00

117,100.00

122,168.00

CAP Ballymun CDP

117,900.00

117,900.00

104,400.00

107,400.00

78,300.00

Cherry Orchard Equine Centre

128,195.00

121,200.00

107,500.00

35,300.00

0.00

Clondalkin Travellers CDP

111,600.00

102,699.00

99,630.00

107,148.00

45,700.00

Clondalkin Womens’ Network

136,013.00

138,400.00

132,400.00

129,400.00

67,900.00

Coiste na nIarchimí

136,000.00

111,000.00

129,400.00

136,010.00

93,000.00

Community After Schools Project

154,400.00

145,000.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Community Technical Aid

134,300.00

126,700.00

126,700.00

126,700.00

63,350.00

Corduff

115,500.00

113,000.00

90,300.00

86,800.00

39,000.00

Crumlin

49,121.85

7,519.85

N/A

N/A

N/A

Darndale/Belcamp CDP

118,797.00

64,690.00

110,500.00

126,550.00

71,850.00

Dolcáin

108,158.00

100,486.00

94,860.00

82,162.30

46,300.00

Dolphin House

78,900.00

82,225.00

88,100.00

0.00

0.00

Doras Buí (PARC CDP)

130,665.00

99,000.00

104,000.00

104,700.00

82,000.00

Drimnagh

76,000.00

28,277.50

N/A

N/A

N/A

Edenmore Raheny CDP

62,279.00

19,173.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

Finglas South CDP

114,200.00

110,900.00

88,400.00

77,842.00

44,350.00

Holly House — Southside Partnership

49,500.00

22,077.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

ICRG CDP

132,545.00

120,400.00

118,000.00

120,300.00

93,819.00

Inchicore CDP

72,000.00

67,399.60

60,800.00

37,300.00

0.00

Irish National Widows Ass.

N/A

N/A

N/A

12,000.00

12,000.00

Irish Senior Citizen’s Parliament

78,000.00

72,000.00

69,170.00

63,540.00

33,500.00

Jobstown CDP

117,800.00

102,300.00

99,250.00

96,050.00

61,350.00

Kilbarrack CDP

124,687.00

129,800.00

92,560.00

89,000.00

64,025.00

Kilmore West CDP

107,792.75

115,400.00

88,560.00

87,300.00

40,850.00

Link-Cherry Orchard CDP

139,505.44

109,438.00

100,250.00

133,362.00

48,217.00

Lone Parents Network Tallaght

N/A

5,000.00

20,800.00

20,000.00

10,000.00

Lourdes Youth & Community

124,026.00

115,631.16

102,830.00

102,990.00

50,350.00

MACRO CDP

106,200.00

92,100.00

87,930.00

119,380.57

76,300.00

Markiewicz CDP

71,518.77

68,000.00

80,670.00

68,500.00

39,000.00

Matt Talbot CDP

124,500.00

113,400.00

104,000.00

100,000.00

48,550.00

Mountwood Fitzgerald CDP

120,000.00

121,300.00

108,000.00

150,791.00

54,500.00

Mulhuddart CDP (Greater Blanchardstown)

125,600.00

120,300.00

114,500.00

146,800.00

104,150.00

Nascadh CDP

75,500.00

48,500.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

North Clondalkin CDP

125,300.00

120,500.00

111,840.00

109,400.00

54,700.00

North Wall Women’s Centre

107,100.00

101,000.00

92,900.00

71,848.56

44,950.00

Northside Travellers CDP

94,700.00

93,800.00

89,590.00

63,092.45

18,768.00

Northwest Inner City Women’s Network

38,328.83

0.00

79,580.00

77,450.00

57,350.00

Partners

175,800.00

172,300.00

165,670.00

161,500.00

78,492.00

PASS

107,040.00

94,540.40

83,200.00

83,000.00

34,953.00

Peace Project

41,573.00

33,894.00

25,850.00

29,183.00

10,000.00

Priorswood CDP

109,600.00

100,775.00

92,560.00

126,400.00

92,800.00

Project West CDP

123,300.00

105,500.00

94,030.00

96,433.00

46,370.00

Quarryvale CDP

114,300.00

114,810.00

101,780.00

111,751.00

47,000.00

Rialto

124,592.54

113,240.98

101,800.00

97,900.00

46,700.00

Ringsend Action Project CDP

138,600.00

126,000.00

113,000.00

111,750.00

57,900.00

Robert Emmet CDP

118,085.00

87,262.60

62,000.00

2,500.00

0.00

Ronanstown Womens CDP

124,480.00

121,040.00

104,000.00

138,505.00

90,194.00

Rowlagh

95,500.00

87,100.00

82,780.00

80,098.98

41,000.00

Shanganagh/Rathsalagh CDP

47,165.00

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

SICCDA

91,780.57

107,200.00

103,000.00

100,400.00

60,000.00

Southside Travellers Action Grp

98,040.00

84,177.00

73,100.00

28,464.03

25,350.00

Southside Women’s Network

85,421.00

77,899.00

78,420.00

78,400.00

20,730.00

SPLTU Tallaght CDP

103,400.00

105,900.00

92,280.00

131,903.00

42,600.00

St. Margaret’s Traveller Centre

94,500.00

89,380.00

75,430.00

91,361.00

20,350.00

St. Michael’s

88,255.00

127,300.00

107,400.00

121,486.00

118,900.00

Tallaght Lone Parents CDP

N/A

86,377.00

92,750.00

89,986.71

45,150.00

Tallaght Travellers CDP

111,000.00

102,800.00

98,800.00

98,554.00

45,000.00

Vista

98,330.77

90,500.00

87,000.00

85,185.00

115,780.00

West Tallaght CDP

145,603.00

115,100.00

111,900.00

109,400.00

59,700.00

Women Together, Tallaght

97,700.00

76,882.00

84,730.00

83,215.00

40,556.00

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

411 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding that has been allocated to date for the implementation of the National Drug Strategy 2001 to 2008; if he will give a breakdown of the spend of such funds for supply education, prevention, treatment and research initiatives. [42805/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

As the Deputy is aware, my Department has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The Strategy contains 108 individual actions, under the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. The actions outlined in the National Drugs Strategy are being progressed with the significant input of other Government Departments and Agencies, e.g. Health Services Executive, the Departments of Health and Children, Education and Science, Justice, Equality and Law Reform as well as An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Customs Service and FÁS. All of these bodies are playing important roles in the implementation of the overall Strategy and the structures in place facilitate inter-agency co-operation in that regard.

Towards the end of 2005 I requested that officials of my Department provide an overview of all expenditure directly attributed to drug work across the various agencies. The figure involved in 2005 was in the region of €200m as follows:

Estimate of 2005 Allocations Directly Attributable to Drugs Programmes for Government Departments/Agencies

Department/Agency

Allocation 2005

€million

Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs

34.00

Department of Health and Children

2.74

Health Service Executive

92.75

FÁS

14.50

Department of Education and Science

3.78

Department of the Environment, Heritage& Local Government

0.55

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

8.67

Irish Prison Service

5.00

An Garda Síochána

23.70

Revenue’s Customs Service

9.24

Total:

194.93

The figures, which should be taken as indicative, relate only to services that are directly attributable to the issue of illicit drugs. Figures for 2006 will be collated at the end of the year and this process will be continued on an annual basis. The estimate does not take account of various mainstream services that help to tackle the issue, as it is not possible to disentangle the element of such funding that is utilised by problem drug users from that aimed at the wider community.

Meanwhile the allocations made from Vote of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs towards the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy since the Department was established are as follows:

Year

Allocation

Expenditure

2002

14,009,000

13,467,000

2003

32,036,000

36,463,000

2004 *

26,756,000*

27,510,000

2005

31,500,000**

33,962,000

2006

43,006,000

38,798,152 (to 11/12/06)

Total 2002-2006

147,307,000

*Decrease due to transfer of €6.4m for mainstreamed projects to the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

**Original Allocation before Supplementary Estimate.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

412 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria for harbours and piers in west Cork to be considered for funding by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42806/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

The Joint Coastal Development Measure was introduced under the CLÁR Programme in July 2005. The measure is jointly funded by my Department and the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (D/CMNR) and supports minor repair and safety works on small piers, slipways and coastal erosion works in CLÁR areas, including Gaeltacht areas and islands. Selection of projects for funding is a matter for the D/CMNR.

In 2005, Schull Pier was identified by the D/CMNR as requiring urgent funding and, subsequently, a CLÁR grant of €24,375 was allocated towards the overall cost of the project of €65,000. Alternatively, funding can be sought from the Islands Section, within my Department, which provides funding for ferry access piers situated on the islands and on the mainland serving the islands. Funding is also available under the annual Islands Small Works Programme for minor improvements to local fishing piers on the islands. The eligibility criteria used are that the island in question: must be permanently inhabited; must be cut off daily from the mainland by the tide; must not have a bridge connecting it to the mainland; and, must not be in private ownership.

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