Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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833. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the categories and amounts of funding his Department provided to Cork City Council in each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46439/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local authorities. The total funding provided by my Department directly to Cork City Council from 2011 to 2015 is set out in the following table. If the Deputy wishes to put down a more specific question concerning funding for a specific purpose from my Department, I will endeavour to provide the information sought.

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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834. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the categories and amounts of funding his Department provided to Cork County Council in each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46440/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local authorities. The total funding provided by my Department directly to Cork County Council from 2011 to 2015 is set out in the following table. These are “county at large” payments in respect of the County Council and any Town Councils within the county. If the Deputy wishes to put down a more specific question concerning funding for a specific purpose from my Department, I will endeavour to provide the information sought.