Written answers
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Expenditure
11:00 am
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the size of the underspend, if any, for each of the budget lines or grant aided projects administered by him so far this year and a breakdown of the budget line or project money spent in the month of November [46149/10]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2010 provide a capital allocation to my Department for this year of €1,509.103m and a current allocation of €686.380m. Capital expenditure by my Department to 3 December 2010 is €925.016m and current expenditure is €560.543m. Details of the allocations and spend across the various programmes within my Department's remit are set out in the following table.
| 2010 | Capital Expenditure to 03/12/2010 | Capital expenditure in November | 2010 Current Estimate | Current Expenditure to 03/12/2010 | Current expenditure in November | |
| Programme Area | Capital Estimate | |||||
| €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | |
| Administration | ||||||
| A.1 to A.8 Administrative Budget | 1,843 | 1,203 | 351 | 81,802 | 68,966 | 6,292 |
| Housing | ||||||
| B.1 Social Housing Provision and Support | 550,500 | 324,597 | 111,233 | 279,057 | 192,177 | 10,297 |
| B.2 Local Authority Estate Regeneration and Remedial Works | 240,000 | 87,660 | 12,454 | 1,375 | 0 | 0 |
| B.3 Private Housing Adaptation Grants and Other Supports | 89,500 | 61,839 | 10,359 | 4,632 | 4,085 | 196 |
| Water | ||||||
| C.1 Water Services | 508,000 | 361,849 | 45,176 | - | - | - |
| Environment | ||||||
| D.1 Environmental Protection Agency | 1,500 | 592 | 0 | 25,515 | 21,494 | 2,816 |
| D.2 Environmental Radiation Policy | 304 | 250 | 0 | 4,281 | 3,045 | 0 |
| D.3 Subscriptions to International Organisations | - | - | 0 | 4,116 | 4,122 | 15 |
| D.4 Carbon Fund | 33,223 | 32,870 | 0 | - | - | - |
| D.5 International Climate Change Commitments | - | - | 0 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 |
| Waste Management | ||||||
| E.2 Landfill Remediation | 4,000 | 1,264 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Local Government | ||||||
| F.1 Local Government Fund | - | - | - | 226,403 | 226,403 | 0 |
| F.2 Fire and Emergency Services | 18,000 | 16,156 | 3,862 | 1,250 | 232 | 31 |
| F.3 Local Authority Library and Archive Service | 7,300 | 2,982 | 1,027 | 1,600 | 1,273 | 230 |
| F.4 Community and Social Inclusion | 1,600 | 221 | 0 | 4,055 | 1,175 | 0 |
| F.5 Disability Services | 7,700 | 6,840 | 4,918 | 500 | 382 | 279 |
| F.6 Economic & Social Disadvantage (Dormant A/C) | - | - | 1,000 | 719 | 0 | |
| Heritage | ||||||
| G.1 Grant For Heritage Council | 4,500 | 3,017 | 1,105 | 3,982 | 3,102 | 728 |
| G.2 Built Heritage | 11,500 | 4,898 | 1,668 | 4,715 | 2,092 | 305 |
| G.3 Natural Heritage (NPWS) | 14,200 | 5,860 | 1,450 | 17,385 | 14,381 | 1,884 |
| G.4 Irish Heritage Trust | - | - | 436 | 304 | 0 | |
| Planning | ||||||
| H.1 An Bord Pleanála | - | - | 13,029 | 11,840 | 898 | |
| H.2 Planning Tribunal | - | - | 5,984 | 2,745 | 313 | |
| H.3 Urban Regeneration | 102 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| H.4 Tidy Towns Competition | - | - | 289 | 296 | 0 | |
| H.5 Planning & Development | - | - | 237 | 153 | 0 | |
| H.6 Foreshore | - | - | 1,012 | 133 | 41 | |
| Other Services | ||||||
| I.1 Irish Water Safety Association | - | - | 539 | 539 | 135 | |
| I.2 Miscellaneous Services | 15,331 | 12,918 | 2,632 | 1,886 | 885 | 56 |
| Total | 1,509,103 | 925,016 | 196,235 | 686,380 | 560,543 | 24,516 |
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will release funding under the capital assistance budget, to enable Domestic Violence Advocacy Service to set up a refuge in Sligo Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46207/10]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Under my Department's Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of housing to meet the accommodation needs for persons with specific categories of need, including older people, persons with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, homeless persons, victims of domestic violence etc. All of the €145 million CAS provision for 2010 is committed at this stage. Approvals were largely based on the prioritisation afforded to individual proposals by local authorities.
It is intended to issue a call for proposals in the course of 2011 for new projects to be included in the ongoing CAS work programme. In the case of proposals for new housing projects in Sligo town, it will be a matter for Sligo Borough Council to submit a prioritised list of projects for inclusion in the programme having regard to the merit of the proposals received and the extent to which proposals will meet local housing needs.
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