Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of subvention by the State and local authorities to group water schemes, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44953/15]

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 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 block grant allocations notified to local authorities under the 2015 Rural Water Programme are outlined on my Department's website at:

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Details of the level of subsidies available towards the Operational Costs of Group Water Schemes, which scheme is also administered by the local authorities and which are paid on a demand led basis, are also available on the same weblink.

Information on payments made directly to group water schemes would be available from individual local authorities.