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Waterways Ireland Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Ceisteanna (1639)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

1639. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of spending on Waterways Ireland in the past five years. [15278/18]

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Waterways Ireland is co-funded by my Department and the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in Northern Ireland. The current expenditure of the body is funded 85% by my Department and 15% by DfI, which reflects the distribution of the navigable waterways in each jurisdiction. Capital expenditure is funded 100% in the jurisdiction in which the capital works are carried out.

The amount of funding allocated to Waterways Ireland from my Department's Vote for each of the past five years is set out in the following table:

Year

€m

Current

Capital

2013

€25.463m

€21.292m

€4.071m

2014

€24.183m

€20.325m

€3.858m

2015

€23.426m

€20.058m

€3.368m

2016

€22.799m

€20.119m

€2.680m

2017

€22.859m

€20.179m

€2.680m

Waterways Ireland has been allocated €24.106m (Current €20.526m, Capital €3.580m) from my Departments Vote for investment in the management, maintenance and development of the inland waterways under its control for 2018.

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