Written answers
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Flood Relief Schemes Funding
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funds allocated by his Department for storm and flood damage in the past six months; if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of the funds sought, allocated and paid to local authorities in response to the storm and flood damage which occurred in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/14]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Government decided on 11 February that a sum of up to €70 million will be made available for a programme of repair and remediation works for public infrastructure damaged by the severe weather that affected the country between 13 December 2013 and 6 January 2014. €62m of this will be for local authorities in the areas worst affected. The Government further decided that, in respect of funding repair and restoration works, the additional allocations would be made available to the local authorities via the Votes of my Department, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Office of Public Works, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Local authorities have been informed of their allocations in accordance with the Table under. These allocations are based on the estimates provided by the local authorities. Further detail is provided in a Report on Severe Weather between 13 December 2013 and 6 January 2014 which is available on my Department’s website at
In addition to the figures below which deal with repairs and remedial works, applications from local authorities for funding for new or strengthened coastal protection works which were received by my Department have been forwarded to the OPW.
In addition, local authorities have sought funding in respect of damage caused by further severe weather from 27 January to 17 February 2014. These figures are currently being collated and will be published in due course.
Arrangements are in hand for payment to local authorities of funds for works undertaken that are due to be disbursed by my Department. Any enquiries relating to the other funding Departments as identified in the Table below regarding works that are under their specific areas of responsibility should be addressed to the relevant Department.
ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR REPAIRS ARISING
FROM SEVERE WEATHER 13 DECEMBER 2013 to 6 JANUARY 2014
| Local Authority | Response, Clean-Up & Immediate Works | Roads Infrastructure | Piers and Harbours | Coastal Protection Repairs | Tourism Infrastructure | Other Facilities | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding Department | DECLG | DTTS | DAFM | OPW | DAFM/ DECLG | DECLG | |
| Carlow | 15,000 | 16,000 | 31,000 | ||||
| Cavan | 30,192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,192 |
| Clare | 608,878 | 2,094,925 | 273,000 | 8,276,433 | 979,200 | 4,582,079 | 16,814,515 |
| Cork Co | 868,700 | 873,500 | 1,450,000 | 1,057,000 | 430,500 | 169,000 | 4,848,700 |
| Cork Cty | 112,500 | 25,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,000 | 161,000 |
| Donegal | 150,000 | 110,000 | 258,000 | 662,000 | 142,500 | 207,500 | 1,530,000 |
| Dublin Cty | 80,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 15,000 | 0 | 5,500 | 200,500 |
| DunL/Rath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fingal | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | 205,000 |
| Galway Co | 477,750 | 2,773,500 | 1,589,500 | 1,144,800 | 1,652,500 | 2,330,755 | 9,968,805 |
| Galway City | 187,000 | 44,500 | 0 | 105,000 | 612,875 | 500,000 | 1,449,375 |
| Kerry | 280,329 | 575,291 | 88,600 | 1,226,920 | 787,180 | 22,000 | 2,980,320 |
| Kildare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laois | 1,000 | 207,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208,500 |
| Leitrim | 80,650 | 245,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325,900 |
| Limerick | 72,000 | 12,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84,500 |
| Longford | 15,000 | 156,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,000 |
| Louth | 64,000 | 75,000 | 0 | 191,000 | 0 | 4,675 | 334,675 |
| Mayo | 509,000 | 1,620,000 | 382,000 | 4,205,000 | 189,900 | 0 | 6,905,900 |
| Meath | 13,121 | 2,800 | 0 | 75,000 | 2,500 | 0 | 93,421 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Offaly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roscommon | 20,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,810 |
| Sligo | 40,400 | 153,636 | 40,000 | 1,200 | 17,200 | 0 | 252,436 |
| Sth Dublin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tipp Nth | 0 | 548,602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548,602 |
| Tipp Sth | 45,503 | 677,938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 723,441 |
| Waterford | 200,000 | 3,878,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,150,000 | 1,050,000 | 100,000 | 7,578,000 |
| Westmeath | 80,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80,145 |
| Wexford | 33,500 | 2,427,000 | 2,152,000 | 1,277,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 5,899,500 |
| Wicklow | 26,329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,329 |
| Totals | 4,016,807 | 16,617,442 | 7,433,100 | 19,586,353 | 5,874,355 | 7,944,509 | 61,472,566 |
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