Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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1060. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a list of initial applications for funding made to his Department under the rural water programme (details supplied), by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37729/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group water and group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual group 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.

Details of the applications for funding under the Rural Water Programme from local authorities in 2015 are set out in the table below.