Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to community projects under the community development programme from 2002 to 2005; the amount of funding provided to groups in Meath; and the name and address of all projects funded in that period. [11215/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The community development programme is designed to reduce social exclusion by targeting support at disadvantaged and socially excluded communities in order to improve their capacity to benefit from social and economic development.

Since June 2002, when responsibility for the community development programme transferred to my Department, over €75 million has been provided to community projects under the programme, broken down as follows: 2002, €13.078 million; 2003, €20.207 million; 2004, €20.578 million; 2005, €21.218 million.

One project in County Meath has been funded under the programme in the period June 2002 to December 2005 — The Community Development Project Navan Limited, Teach na nDaoine, 96 Claremont Estate, Navan, County Meath. A total of €311,571 was paid to this group in that period: 2002 — €72,400; 2003 — €66,650; 2004 — €70,248; 2005 — €102,273. The name and address of all projects funded under the programme are included in the listing of payments of national lottery funding, outlined in each of the Department's annual appropriation accounts over the period.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to community projects under the RAPID programme from 2002-05; the amount of funding provided to projects in Meath, Cork city and county and Tipperary; and the name and address of all projects funded in these areas during that period. [11216/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department, supported by Pobal, formerly known as Area Development Management Ltd., co-ordinates the implementation of the RAPID programme. It is a matter for each of the other Departments to report on progress on their implementation of RAPID and details of funding for the proposals that fall within their remit. Reports for all Departments can be accessed on Pobal's web site at www.pobal.ie

There are ten RAPID areas within these counties: strand I areas: Knocknaheeny, Churchfield, Holyhill in Cork city; Fairhill, Gurranabraher, Faranree in Cork city; Blackpool, The Glen, Mayfield in Cork city; Togher and Mahon in Cork city; strand II areas: Navan in Meath; Mallow in County Cork; Youghal in County Cork; Carrick-on-Suir in south Tipperary; Clonmel in south Tipperary and Tipperary town in south Tipperary.

In 2004 I introduced leverage funding, a new delivery mechanism to support small-scale local actions in RAPID areas, through co-funding with other Departments or agencies. Allocations by my Department to local authorities in these ten areas under the RAPID leverage funds between 2004 and 2005 were as follows: in 2004, local authority housing estate enhancement scheme 2004, €30,000 per strand I RAPID area and €20,000 per strand II RAPID area; playground grants scheme 2004, €72,000 per strand I RAPID area and €30,000 per strand II area; top-up funding under the sports capital grant 2004, €409,757 was allocated to 17 projects across these ten RAPID areas. In 2005, local authority housing estate enhancement scheme 2005-06, €45,000 per RAPID area; traffic measures, €22,500 per RAPID area; playground grants scheme 2005, €33,000 per RAPID area; RAPID health sector co-fund, €60,000 per strand I area and €40,000 per strand II area; under the sports capital grant 2005, top-up funding of €563,700 was allocated to 15 projects across these ten RAPID areas.

Additional co-funding was provided by other Departments and agencies to support these measures. Special provision was made by the Government for RAPID areas under the dormant accounts plan. RAPID, drugs task force and CLÁR areas have benefited from 60.8% of the €63.1 million in funding allocated between2003-05. One project in Navan RAPID area received €112,000, ten projects in the Tipperary RAPID areas received €874,226 and 43 projects received €4,577,061 in the Cork city and county RAPID areas.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to community projects under the CLÁR programme from 2002-05; the amount of funding provided to projects in Meath, Cork city and county and Tipperary; and the name and address of all projects funded in these areas during that period. [11217/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Due to the level of the detail involved, I am arranging to send the Deputy the information requested under separate cover.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to partnership and community groups under the local development social inclusion programme from 2002-05 in respect of Meath, Cork city and county and Tipperary; the amount of funding provided to projects in these areas; and the name and address of all projects funded during that period. [11218/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The local development and social inclusion programme, LDSIP, aims to counter disadvantage and to promote equality and social and economic inclusion through the provision of funding and support to local partnerships. It is administered by Pobal, formerly known as Area Development Management Ltd, on behalf of my Department and is funded through the National Development Plan 2000-06.

It is delivered locally by 38 partnerships, 31 community partnerships and two employment pacts in their designated areas, under three measures: services to the unemployed; community development; community based youth initiatives. One partnership company and 13 community partnerships deliver LDSIP in counties Cork, Tipperary and Meath. The list of the 14 partnerships and their funding for the period 2002-05 is set out in the table.

The full addresses of each of the organisations listed above is as follows.

Cork

Cork City Partnership — Sunbeam Industrial Park, Millfield, Mallow Road, Cork; Avondhu Development Group — 5-6 Park West, Mallow, County Cork; Ballyhoura Development Ltd., Main Street, Kilfinane, County Limerick; West Cork Community Partnership — formerly Bantry Integrated Development Group, Unit 13, IDA Centre, Ropewalk, Bantry, County Cork; East Cork Area Development Ltd. — ECAD, Midleton Community Enterprise Centre, Owennacurra Business Park, Knockgriffin, Midleton, County Cork; IRD Duhallow Ltd., James O'Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, County Cork; Meitheal Mhuscraí, Réidh na nDoirí, Maigh Chromtha, Contae Chorcaí.

Tipperary

Borrisokane Area Network Development — BAND, Main Street, Borrisokane, County Tipperary; Clonmel Community Partnership, Unit 5, Floors 3 & 4, Hughes Mill, Suir Island, Clonmel, County Tipperary; Nenagh Community Network, 84 Connolly Street, Nenagh, County Tipperary; Roscrea 2000 Ltd., New Line, Roscrea, County Tipperary.

Meath

Navan Travellers Workshop Limited, P.O. Box 28, Fairgreen, Navan, County Meath; Trim Initiative for Development and Enterprise — TIDE, Tide & Trim Enterprise Centre, Riverbank, Trim, County Meath.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is funding available for a group (details supplied) which is going to start a development in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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IHCPT Irish Pilgrimage Trust was approved for funding in the amount of €500,000 in April 2005 by the dormant accounts fund disbursements board for the purpose of providing a holiday home facility for people with disabilities and special needs in Duncannon, County Wexford. Decisions on the disbursement of funds from dormant accounts moneys under the initial round of funding were a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, an independent body established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. The board engaged Pobal, formerly Area Development Management Ltd., to administer this initial round of funding on its behalf.

The drawdown of funding is subject to the satisfactory completion of legal contracts between the individual groups and the board. As part of this process, groups are required to submit necessary documentation, for example, agreed budgets, tax clearance certificates, evidence of insurance, planning permission and so forth to Pobal before payments are actually made. In the case of a capital project such as this one an external appraisal by a building specialist engaged by Pobal is also required. Pobal has been in contact with IHCPT Irish Pilgrimage Trust to expedite matters but I understand that some information is outstanding from the applicant and therefore no funding has been drawn down to date.

My Department also makes funding available under the Leader+ and area based rural development initiative for rural development projects in County Wexford through the Wexford organisation for rural development, WORD. Project applicants can obtain further information from WORD, Johnstown Castle, County Wexford; telephone: 053-46453.