Written answers

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Traveller Accommodation

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding requested and provided for Traveller accommodation facilities and the drawdown, by local authority, for each of the past three years; if all the funding provided was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding.

The first three TAPs covered the periods 2000-2004, 2005-2008 and 2009-2013. Local authorities adopted the fourth and current round of TAPs in April 2014, with the five-year rolling programmes running from 2014 to 2018. These programmes provide a road map for local authority investment priorities over the period. They also form the basis for the allocation of funding from my Department for traveller accommodation. Local authorities submit proposals for individual travel l er-specific projects and developments, which are assessed on a case-by-case basis in my Department in advance of allocations being made.

The capital allocations and amounts recouped in respect of Traveller-specific accommodation for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 are set out in the table below. A provision of €5.5m for Traveller-specific accommodation is in place for 2016, an increase of €1.2m on the 2015 allocation, and allocations will be made very shortly.

County Council Allocation 2013

Recouped 2013

Allocation 2014

Recouped 2014

Allocation 2015

Recoupment 2015

Carlow 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavan 0 57,412 0 0 0 0
Clare 343,450 248,290 181,976 250,613 37,000 0
Cork 110,000 148,865 0 15,322 149,000 0
Donegal 88,000 0 0 3,175 0 4,750
South Dublin 50,000 81,277 24,750 46,978 0 0
Fingal 115,000 55,000 222,575 424,754 645,000 1,058,425
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown 160,000

204,352
8,793

23,986
0 1,592,429
Galway 190,000 138,840 0 0 0 0
Kerry 0 11,025 99,571 144,415 4,550 3,810
Kildare 113,000 148,352 300,000 0 200,000 0
Kilkenny 0 94,974 450,000 287,239 551,626 397,577
Laois 659,000 675,028 0 60,262 0 30,600
Leitrim 0 0 0 0 0 65,975
Limerick 29,110 31,760 0 0 See Limerick City (City & County merged in 2014) See Limerick City( City & County merged in 2014)
Longford 0 0 0 25,000 78,000 88,966
Louth 155,000 155,000 0 0 0 7,620
Mayo 0 0 0 3,810 0 0
Meath 220,000 255,626 0 0 0 0
Monaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Tipperary 126,600 244,346 353,656 See Tipperary County Council (merged in 2014) See Tipperary County Council

(merged in 2014)
See Tipperary County Council

(merged in 2014)
Offaly 0 50,377 70,000 73,760 3,069 85,000
Roscommon 427,000 393,184 54,000 96,126 19,622 0
Sligo
8,000
9,700
0
0
0
0
South Tipperary 0 1,275 0 See Tipperary County Council merged in 2014 See Tipperary County Council

(merged in 2014)
See Tipperary County Council

(merged in 2014
Tipperary n/a n/a n/a 291,874 800,000 23,142
Waterford 0 0 0 9,769 (City & County merged

2014)
413,347 (City & County merged in 2014) 0
Westmeath 0 0 0 0 95,000 0
Wexford 150,000 150,000 105,901 328,733 0 30,906
Wicklow 108,300 164,684 0 67,038 63,097 27,891
City Council
Cork 0 17,500 256,687 206,913 800,000 427,304
Dublin 420,000 465,000 407,500 481,693 366,299 99,162
Galway 159,000 0 75,127 72,241 0 62,150
Limerick 295,000 264,310 350,000 249,987 7,500(City & County Council merged in 2014) 68,923( City & County merged in 2014)
Waterford 25,000 76,756 0 9,769 (city & county) 413,347 (City & County Council merged in 2014) 0
Reserve 48,540 39,464 66,890
TOTAL

4,000,000 4,142,933

3,000,000

3,163,688

4,300,000

4,074,630

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