Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided by his Department under the Rural Water Programme to Cavan County Council for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19679/13]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided by his Department under the Rural Water Programme to Monaghan County Council for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19680/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together.

Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection 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.

The following table sets out the total capital block grant allocations notified in March 2013 to Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council under the 2013 Rural Water Programme.

Funding will also be available to both authorities for drawdown from the Local Government Fund for subsidies towards the operational costs of group water schemes. Such funding is provided on a demand led basis rather than by way of block grant allocations.