Written answers

Wednesday, 2 November 2005

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Rural Social Scheme

9:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael 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]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon 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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