Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 February 2010
137 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department other than under the headings of RAPID or CLÁR schemes throughout County Kildare to voluntary or statutory groups, bodies or agencies in the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra138 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department other than under the headings of RAPID or CLÁR schemes on a county basis to voluntary or statutory groups, bodies or agencies throughout the country in the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8572/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra139 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the value and number of grant applications received in his Department under various headings from various community groups in County Kildare in respect of schemes operated by his Department and eligible for payment in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8573/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra140 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the value and number of grant applications received in his Department under various headings from various community groups throughout the country in respect of schemes operated by his Department and eligible for payment in 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8574/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 137 to 140, inclusive, together.
As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at www.pobail.ie. In addition, details of payments made from subheads part-funded from the National Lottery are listed on my Department's website.
My Department's provisional gross expenditure outturn for 2009 is €458.863m and the following table provides a breakdown for each programme area.
|
Programme Area |
Expenditure |
|
€m |
|
|
Developing Communities |
160.832 |
|
Tackling Drugs Misuse |
39.377 |
|
Rural Development |
92.691 |
|
Gaeltacht and Islands Development |
86.745 |
|
Promotion and Maintenance of the Irish Language |
8.935 |
|
North-South Co-Operation |
52.880 |
|
Administration |
17.403 |
|
Total |
458.863 |
While expenditure under these programme areas takes place countrywide, it is not possible to give a full county-by-county breakdown of this expenditure. For example, a number of my Department's programmes are delivered through agencies and other intermediary bodies that operate across county boundaries and in respect of which there is no comprehensive or detailed breakdown on a county basis held by my Department. In addition, groups and organisations that receive grants directly from my Department are not necessarily constituted on a single-county basis.
In view of the wide range of my Department's schemes and programmes and the large volumes of applications received thereunder on an ongoing basis, I am not satisfied that the work involved in compiling and collating the breakdown of expenditure sought by the Deputy would be feasible or justified. However, if the Deputy has any specific queries relating to a particular scheme, I would be glad to seek to provide him with relevant information in that regard.
