Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
938. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure to date in 2017 of the capital carryover from 2016 broken down by estimate heading; the value of the work carried out to date in 2017 with the €28 million pre paid to local authorities under the town and village enhancement scheme and the CLÁR scheme in 2016, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27281/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraProvision is made in the Revised Estimates Volume for the carryover of unspent Capital funding from the previous year, subject to a Ministerial Order being made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform before 31st March in the year of carryover. The amount of capital funding carried over into 2017 for my Department was €13.548 million. Since the making of the relevant Order by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the 6th March 2017, expenditure totalling just over €3.065 million has been incurred from the carryover up to 8th June 2017. A total of €402,000 has been spent under Subhead A.7: Cultural Infrastructure and Development; €663,000 has been spent under Subhead A.15: Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922, while the full allocation of €2 million has been spent under Subhead B.5: Natural Heritage (National Parks and Wildlife Service).
With regard to the second part of the Deputy’s question, my officials are currently collecting updated expenditure figures from the Local Authorities in relation to their 2016 funding allocations under the Town and Village and CLÁR schemes. I will write to the Deputy with the details, in accordance with the procedures set out in Standing Orders.
