Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 May 2018
48. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the recently announced €190 million SICAP 2018-2022 fund that will be made available to local community development committee projects in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18908/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 20 April I launched the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, or SICAP. This is a five year programme covering 2018 to 2022, and is a major investment to support the most disadvantaged individuals and communities in our society.
For 2018, the national allocation for the programme is €38 million. I am confident that over the five year term of SICAP my Department will, subject to the budgetary process each year, receive funding of some €190 million.
SICAP is overseen and managed by Local Community Development Committees, or LCDCs, and is delivered locally by Programme Implementers. Funding is allocated to different areas using a methodology which considers the relative deprivation levels across Ireland. In 2018, the allocation to the Programme Implementers overseen by the four LCDCs in County Dublin is €9.6 million. On that basis, I anticipate that some €48 million will be made available to County Dublin over the period of the new five year programme.
