Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of money allocated by his Department and agencies within his Department to Ballina, Castlebar and Westport Town Council between 1997 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43951/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Records in relation to payments prior to 2003 are not readily available due to the implementation of new financial systems in 2003. Payments made to the Town Councils in question over the period 2003 to 2012 were as follows:

These payments were primarily in respect of water rates, waste disposal and parking permit charges.

We are awaiting additional information from other agencies and will revert to the Deputy when this information becomes available.