Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual budget for Traveller specific accommodation for County Wexford for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of this which was spent and the amount not drawn down for each year. [19467/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The allocations and recoupment profiles for capital Traveller accommodation projects can vary across local authorities given the local priorities, circumstances and project timelines as set out in the Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) prepared by local authorities under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. Funding is recouped to local authorities on eligible expenditure incurred and, where it is likely that an allocation to a local authority may be unspent or under-spent, my Department engages with local authorities to reallocate the funding in order to ensure that drawdown is maximised. The allocation and recoupment data for Wexford County Council for the years 2012 - 2016 requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular form.

With regard to 2017, my Department issued a circular to all local authorities in February 2017 advising them of the increase in the capital provision for Traveller Accommodation to €9 m, an increase of €3.5 m on 2016, and requested local authorities to submit details of projects that they anticipate will have a funding requirement in 2017. My Department is currently examining these returns as part of the capital allocations process for 2017. This process will be completed shortly and the outcome will be notified to the local authorities.

Wexford County Council Traveller Accommodation Allocations 2012-2016

Wexford County Council Traveller Accommodation Recoupment 2012-2016