Written answers
Wednesday, 2 November 2005
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Rural Social Scheme
9:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 420: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons to date in 2005 on a county basis who have applied for the rural social scheme; the numbers who were accepted and refused; the costs of this scheme to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31389/05]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of rural social scheme applications received by the implementing bodies in 2005 per county, along with details of places offered and applications refused, is shown in the following table.
County | No. of Applications Received in 2005 | No. of such Applications where a place was offered and taken | No. of such Applications where a place was offered but not taken | No. of such Applications refused/ineligible |
Carlow | 58 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
Cavan | 86 | 51 | 22 | 13 |
Clare | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 |
Cork | 284 | 93 | 45 | 146 |
Donegal | 136 | 98 | 8 | 30 |
Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galway | 79 | 66 | 5 | 8 |
Kerry | 138 | 94 | 23 | 21 |
Kildare | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Kilkenny | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
Laois | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Leitrim | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
Limerick | 62 | 28 | 7 | 27 |
Longford | 51 | 39 | 8 | 4 |
Louth | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
Mayo | 519 | 311 | 30 | 178 |
Meath | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Monaghan | 57 | 21 | 32 | 4 |
Offaly | 47 | 33 | 9 | 5 |
Roscommon | 43 | 27 | 0 | 16 |
Sligo | 99 | 70 | 5 | 24 |
Tipperary | 55 | 39 | 8 | 8 |
Waterford | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
Westmeath | 46 | 30 | 1 | 15 |
Wexford | 32 | 19 | 0 | 13 |
Wicklow | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
TOTALS | 1,943 | 1,142 | 228 | 573 |
The estimated cost of the rural social scheme in 2005 is €24.8 million.
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