Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline a county breakdown of the local development budget; the total administration costs per local authority and the total county spend on each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12679/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The objective of my Department’s Local and Community Development Programme, or LCDP, is to tackle poverty and social exclusion, through partnership and constructive engagement between Government, and its agencies, and people in disadvantaged communities. The Programme, worth €49m in 2013, is managed by Pobal on behalf of my Department and delivered at a local level by the nationwide network of Local Development Companies and a small number of alternative delivery structures. The services delivered by Local Development Companies cross Local Authority and County boundaries. It is not possible, therefore, to provide a county breakdown of the LCDP budget on the basis requested in the question. I will circulate the Programme budget allocations for each Local Development Company for 2013 and their respective Programme administration costs with the official report. In addition, a further €1.44 million has been allocated for the delivery of LCDP services in the Gaeltacht Areas and €700,000 for the Dublin Inner City area. Administrative costs charged against the Programme are currently capped at 33% with the objective of reducing that figure to 25% by 2014. In addition, Companies are expected to achieve further savings in overhead and operating costs including, where possible, sharing Local Authority facilities.

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