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Thursday, 11 May 2017

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Traveller Accommodation

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for Traveller housing; and the amount that was recouped by each local authority. [22438/17]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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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 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 TAPs.  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 re-allocate the funding in order to try to ensure that drawdown is maximised. The allocations and recoupment in relation to local authority traveller accommodation programmes  for the years 2014-2016 are set out in tabular form in the table.

County CouncilAllocation

2014
Recouped

2014
Allocation

2015
Recouped

2015
Allocation

2016
Recouped

2016
Carlow 0000130,0000
Cavan00008,6009,398
Clare181,976250,61337,0000200,0000
Cork 015,322149,000030,0000
Donegal03,17504,75082,00074,532
South Dublin24,75046,9780063,00026,397
Fingal222,575424,754645,0001,113,42526,8420
Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown8,79323,98601,592,429419,095129,552
Galway0000117,000123,816
Kerry99,571144,4154,5503,81057,000255,730
Kildare300,0000200,0000200,0000
Kilkenny450,000287,239551,626397,577377,500431,714
Laois060,262030,60000
Leitrim00065,97518,80012,794
Limerick00****
Longford025,00078,00088,9662,9000
Louth0007,6200444,484
Mayo03,8100000
Meath0000120,00076,877
Monaghan000000
North Tipperary353,656*****
Offaly70,00073,7603,06985,00073,00037,775
Roscommon54,00096,12619,622050,00010,808
Sligo000000
South Tipperary0******
Tipperaryn/a291,874800,00023,142900,0001,399,370
Waterford0*****
Westmeath0095,0000208,00048,000
Wexford105,901328,733030,90696,00087,695
Wicklow067,03863,09727,89146,0000
City Council
Cork256,687206,913800,000427,304400,000301,796
Dublin407,500481,693366,29999,1621,405,198762,342
Galway75,12772,241062,15040,0000
Limerick350,000249,9877,50068,92381,00021,209
Waterford09,769 413,3470263,00013,545
Reserve39,46466,89085,065
TOTAL3,000,0003,163,6884,300,0004,129,6305,500,0004,267,831

*These local authorities merged in June 2014 (i.e. Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford).

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