Written answers

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, on an annual basis from 2007 to 2011, inclusive, the financial allocation made to Cavan County Council for water and sewerage schemes, including major schemes, smaller town and village schemes and rural group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43000/14]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, on an annual basis from 1997 to 2006, inclusive, the financial allocation made to Cavan County Council for water and sewerage schemes, including major schemes, smaller town and village schemes and rural group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43310/14]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 502 and 544 together.

Capital expenditure on public water and wastewater schemes was provided through various Water Services Investment Programmes, copies of which are in the Oireachtas library. Details of capital expenditure recouped to Cavan County Council from 1997 to 2011 in respect of such schemes is outlined in the following table.

Table: WSIP Expenditure for Years 1997 – 2011– Cavan County Council

Year Waste Water Water Grand Total
1997 €773,116 €1,037,495 €1,810,611
1998 €3,660,688 €728,636 €4,389,324
1999 €3,053,828 €306,501 €3,360,329
2000 €3,570,747 €622,085 €4,192,832
2001 €1,015,964 €3,241,971 €4,257,936
2002 €961,594 €3,676,365 €4,637,959
2003 €1,983,038 €1,548,195 €3,531,234
2004 €2,912,917 €899,349 €3,812,266
2005 €2,507,144 €639,736 €3,146,881
2006 €2,877,769 €1,560,894 €4,438,662
Total 1997- 2006 €23,316,805 €14,261,227 €37,578,034
2007 €1,873,296 €4,154,472 €6,027,768
2008 €3,660,765 €4,686,370 €8,347,135
2009 €1,239,527 €3,007,436 €4,246,964
2010 €1,041,834 €856,705 €1,898,539
2011 €2,008,660 €1,164,080 €3,172,740
Total 2007-2011 €9,824,082 €13,869,063 €23,693,146
Grand Total €33,140,887 €28,130,290 €61,271,180



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 local authorities. The following table sets out the funding recouped to Cavan County Council from 1997 to 2011. This includes all capital funding provided under the Rural Water Programme and subsidies towards the operational costs of group water schemes provided under the Local Government Fund.

RURAL WATER PROGRAMME
Year Exchequer Grants paid Subsidies paid towards operational costs of Group Water Schemes
1997 €1,066,606 €923,279
1998 €810,776 €225,470
1999 €1,425,628 €529,245
2000 €3,155,083 €581,877
2001 €4,851,065 €619,670
2002 €4,237,495 €373,458
2003 €5,681,611 €1,072,610
2004 €17,938,996 €839,415
2005 €18,012,587 €1,020,067
2006 €12,215,890 €1,723,267
2007 €10,490,781 €1,810,403
2008 €5,304,506 €1,605,350
2009 €4,560,407 €3,669,704
2010 €2,772,089 €1,662,699
2011 €2,199,574 €4,442,757
Total €94,723,094 €21,099,271

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