Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department on a yearly basis under the rural water programme to Cavan County Council 2007 to 2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15883/13]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department on a yearly basis under the rural water programme to Monaghan County Council 2007 to 2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15884/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together.

Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the block grant allocations provided, is therefore a matter for the water services authorities, Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council in this case.

The following tables set out the funding recouped to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council from 2007 to 2012 . This includes capital funding provided under the Rural Water Programme and subsidies towards the operational costs of group water schemes provided under the Local Government Fund. Allocations for 2013 under the Rural Water Programme are due to be announced shortly.