Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 February 2023
135. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available by his Department in monetary value, in tabular form, to each local authority to support the community response forum in each area in co-ordinating local measures welcoming Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6247/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has made funding available to support the local authorities in the creation of a temporary support team to:
- work as part of the Community Response Forum, reporting to the Chief Executive;
- lead the co-ordination of the provision of supports and services to Ukrainians at a local level by the range of public and not-profit bodies involved;
- identify gaps or any inefficiencies in service delivery and seek to address them locally with the bodies involved and, where necessary, escalate issues that cannot be resolved locally to national level for resolution;
- provide support on related issues that may arise including any matters specific to supporting the State’s response to the Ukraine crisis.
Some local authorities decided, from an operational perspective, to assign this function to existing staff. To date my Department has recouped local authorities €953,397.00, broken down between local authorities as follows:
|
Local Authority |
Amount |
|
Meath |
€34,520.00 |
|
Sligo |
€1,933.00 |
|
Kilkenny |
€126,747.00 |
|
Carlow |
€96,760.00 |
|
Fingal |
€61,026.00 |
|
Louth |
€62,685.00 |
|
Donegal |
€19,477.00 |
|
Laois |
€59,979.00 |
|
Clare |
€81,483.00 |
|
Roscommon |
€89,080.00 |
|
Leitrim |
€61,953.00 |
|
Westmeath |
€46,784.00 |
|
Wicklow |
€54,013.00 |
|
Monaghan |
€25,513.00 |
|
Mayo |
€11,183.00 |
|
DLR |
€20,319.00 |
|
Galway City |
€53,468.00 |
|
Longford |
€19,534.00 |
|
Laois |
€26,940.00 |
|
Total |
€953,397.00 |
