Written answers

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Traveller Accommodation

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he has allocated to spend on Traveller accommodation in 2016. [12026/16]

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department provided to local authorities for Traveller specific accommodation, and the amount drawn down and the number of tenancies this supported, by local authority, for each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [11536/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 232 together.

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 traveller 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 2008 to 2015 are set out in tables 1 and 2 below. The outputs with regard to the number of tenancies are set out in table 3 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.

Table 1:Allocations 2008-2015

County CouncilAllocation 2008

Allocation 2009

Allocation 2010

Allocation 2011 €Allocation 2012

Allocation 2013

Allocation 2014

Allocation 2015

Carlow 300,000400,000420,00050,0000000
Cavan150,00020,00030,00010,0000000
Clare2,000,0002,350,0001,900,000500,000300,000343,450181,97637,000
Cork 1,900,000650,000930,000425,000300,000110,0000149,000
Donegal350,000100,00070,00025,000300,00088,00000
South Dublin8,000,0005,224,5003,610,000600,000250,00050,00024,7500
Fingal4,000,0004,200,0005,000,000700,000150,000115,000222,575645,000
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown2,000,0001,000,000750,000750,000313,150160,0008,7930
Galway1,200,00805,500600,000100,000500,000190,00000
Kerry450,0001,080,000100,000400,00023,249099,5714,550
Kildare450,000500,0001,100,000200,00030,000113,000300,000200,000
Kilkenny250,000500,0001,200,000450,00060,0000450,000551,626
Laois050,000220,000200,000530,000659,00000
Leitrim200,000200,000180,00080,0000000
Limerick700,000650,000100,000200,000134,40029,1100*
Longford250,000800,000750,000000078,000
Louth100,000750,000515,000235,000150,000155,00000
Mayo100,000750,000500,00030,000136,850000
Meath600,0003,000,0002,800,0001,500,00078,133220,00000
Monaghan500,000400,000000000
Offaly1,250,00095,000110,000400,0000070,0003,069
Roscommon400,000500,000900,000495,000373,587427,00054,00019,622
Sligo350,000900,000500,000500,00018,0908,00000
South Tipperary950,000500,000500,000250,00027,64100*
Tipperary 0n/an/an/an/an/an/a800,000
Waterford000000*
Westmeath600,000150,00075,000150,00046,4520095,000
Wexford700,000200,000300,000100,000285,000150,000105,9010
Wicklow200,000600,000300,000600,000550,000108,300063,097
City Council
Cork200,000100,00040,00062,0000256,687800,000
Dublin5,000,0003,000,0001,450,0001,350,00050,000420,000407,500366,299
Galway1,500,0001,000,0001,000,000550,000360,000159,00075,1270
Limerick5,000,000400,0001,000,0001,150,000250,000295,000350,0007,500
Waterford550,000700,0001,500,000500,000252,24025,0000413,347)
Reserve**n/a3,000,0005,000,0002,000,000329,70048,54039,46466,890
TOTAL40,000,00035,000,00035,000,00015,000,0006,000,0004,000,0003,000,0004,300,000

* Limerick City & County Council merged 2014

* Tipperary County Councils merged in 2014

* Waterford City & County Councils merged 2014

** A portion of the overall capital allocation was held in reserve by the Department over the period 2009 – 2015 for the purposes of recouping to local authorities the purchase cost of houses which were required to meet the accommodation needs of Traveller families in specific instances.

Table 2: Recouped 2008-2015

County CouncilRecouped

2008

Recouped 2009

Recouped 2010

Recouped 2011

Recouped 2012

Recouped 2013

Recouped 2014

Recouped

2015

Carlow 52,523194,60291,11626,146305,156000
Cavan102,04318,84206,356057,41200
Clare4,443,4872,710,533544,603481,387183,281248,290250,6130
Cork 349,39072,308500,55910,132171,103148,86515,3220
Donegal895,372110,49224,78261,669233,50003,1754,750
South Dublin8,076,6545,004,7271,749,905258,852140,12381,27746,9780
Fingal1,171,9072,335,1362,860,4940055,000424,7541,058,425
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown1,450,782404,62765,263330,349155,051204,35223,9861,592,429
Galway1,206,899634,516185,830292,9470138,84000
Kerry71,346177,543372,021600,57817,06711,025144,4153,810
Kildare183,538220,0000030,000148,35200
Kilkenny82,0890698,431501,26364094,974287,239397,577
Laois60045,00003,810218,481675,02860,26230,600
Leitrim201,260101,23086,72314,23400065,975
Limerick581,787341,977081,60098,40031,760******
Longford0120,768000025,00088,966
Louth15,23624,997331,874504,109239,508155,00007,620
Mayo142,180334,390645,21838,5033,81003,8100
Meath614,797300,7472,771,4291,796,29563,560255,62600
Monaghan270,692714,957691,044197,9250000
North Tipperary254,202365,080659,924174,32346,947244,346******
Offaly172,405499,914107,248406,902050,37773,76085,000
Roscommon495,70485,640809,255269,6890393,18496,1260
Sligo489,749265,397513,481624,88517,2259,70000
South Tipperary1,474,1401,017,38659,617445,623190,0001,275******
Tipperaryn/an/an/an/an/an/a291,87423,142
Waterford12,63497,3030000******
Westmeath807,67817,745210,000174,71848,655000
Wexford1,014,92973,335385,119111,422172,552150,000328,73330,906
City Council
Cork110,6215,00044,50040,50070,50017,500206,913427,304
Dublin1,085,9681,441,543389,146433,099287,402465,000481,69399,162
Galway2,107,520764,310707,431135,328391,250072,24162,150
Limerick6,533,205149,214353,681329,34150,106264,310249,98768,923
Waterford0614,557250,000503,019259,84676,7569,769 0
TOTAL35,000,00019,601,97516,108,6939,314,9104,000,0004,142,9333,163,6884,074,630

***Limerick City & County Council merged 2014

***Tipperary County Councils merged in 2014

***Waterford City & County Councils merged 2014

Table 3: Outputs 2008-2015

LOCAL AUTHORITY20082009201020112012201320142015
CARLOW CO. CO.25701000
CAVAN CO.CO.00000100
CLARE CO.CO.618700000
CORK City Council000012056
CORK County64201300
DONEGAL CO.CO.70021011
DUBLIN City Council2214349707
DUN LAOGHAIRE-R.DOWN160213213
FINGAL CO.CO.01020000112
SOUTH DUBLIN CO.CO.4931184120
GALWAY City Council020101012
GALWAY CO.CO.860140210
KERRY CO.CO.014110001
KILDARE CO. CO.61000310
KILKENNY CO.CO.00330016
LAOIS CO. CO.01001773
LEITRIM CO. CO.140000011
LIMERICK City & County121082604
LONGFORD CO CO.00000043
LOUTH CO.CO.00230212
MAYO CO. CO.50050000
MEATH CO. CO.7024381010
MONAGHAN CO. CO. 2001210000
OFFALY CO.CO.140900001
ROSCOMMON CO. CO.00300370
SLIGO CO. CO.72444000
TIPPERARY CO. Cos132936452
WATERFORD City Council01008000
WESTMEATH CO. CO.130131000
WEXFORD CO. CO.70320221
WICKLOW CO. CO.011095111
TOTALS19913512314058454466

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