Written answers

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Local Authority Funding

Photo of Aindrias MoynihanAindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down in each county subsequent to being approved under measure 2 of the NTICI since June and July 2016. [35224/16]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 25 and 87 together.

Seven local authorities were allocated funding under Measure 2 of the National Taking in Charge Initiative (NTICI). To date, all of those local authorities, with the exception of Cork County Council, have drawn down 50% of their allocated monies, amounting to a total of €892,982. A breakdown of the funding drawn down to date across the six local authorities is as follows:

CountyAmount
Clare €119,075
Donegal €312,827
Galway €45,000
Kerry €40,098
Waterford €143,000
Wexford €232,982
Total €892,982

Works are in progress across a range of sites in these local authorities. Updates on activity are due by the end of this month and consultation has been ongoing with all the relevant local authorities, Irish Water, the EPA and my Department.

With regard to the position regarding Cork County Council, I understand that this authority is working closely with Irish Water and is currently engaging expert technical advice to determine the best solution to address the developer-provided water services infrastructure issues that have arisen on the relevant sites.

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