Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding paid to local authorities before the end of 2016 for works that had not been completed and for which no mature liabilities existed; the amount of this expenditure for which proof of the work being carried out has since been provided; if she will provide a full account of the expenditure provided; the number of these projects that have been inspected by or on behalf of her Department to ensure the work has been done to standard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4229/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table below outlines the amounts of funding paid to Local Authorities in 2016 under the following schemes - REDZ, CLÁR, Rural Recreation and Town and Village Renewal. All funding was made available in line with the sanction received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and on the basis of funding agreements signed with the Local Authorities.

My Department is working closely with the Local Authorities to ensure that all expenditure is in line with the Public Spending Code and that the funding is spent promptly and in accordance with the project proposals.

A programme of inspections will take place on projects approved under the different programmes and the Local Authorities will be required to account for all funding received in 2016.

Local Authority Prepayments 2016: Rural Schemes