Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population directly provided by each local authority and the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population facilitated by each local authority; the funding provided to each local authority to provide playgrounds for each individual year from 2011 to 2016 inclusive. [23540/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The provision of playgrounds by local authorities is a matter solely for each local authority and is one in which my Department has no role. Accordingly, my Department has not allocated any funding to local authorities for the provision of playground facilities over the period 2011 to 2016. Ultimately, it is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process, having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources.

The information sought on the number of playgrounds provided or facilitated by local authorities is not available in my Department. This information may be available upon request from individual local authorities.