Written answers
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Traveller Accommodation
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total allocation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in the Estimates for the provision of Traveller accommodation; the amount spent each year broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22495/17]
Damien 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 ensure that drawdown is maximised. The allocations and recoupment in relation to local authority traveller accommodation for the years 2011 to 2016 and the overall allocation of €9m for 2017 are set out in tabular form in the following table. Allocations for individual local authorities for 2017 are currently being finalised and will be available shortly.
| County Council | Allocation 2011 | Recouped 2011 | Allocation 2012 | Recouped 2012 | Allocation 2013 | Recouped 2013 | Allocation 2014 | Recouped 2014 | Allocation 2015 | Recouped 2015 | Allocation 2016 | Recouped 2016 | Allocation 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 50,000 | 26,146 | 0 | 305,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130,000 | 0 | |
| Cavan | 10,000 | 6,356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57,412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,600 | 9,398 | |
| Clare | 500,000 | 481,387 | 300,000 | 183,281 | 343,450 | 248,290 | 181,976 | 250,613 | 37,000 | 0 | 200,000 | 0 | |
| Cork | 425,000 | 10,132 | 300,000 | 171,103 | 110,000 | 148,865 | 0 | 15,322 | 149,000 | 0 | 30,000 | 0 | |
| Donegal | 25,000 | 61,669 | 300,000 | 233,500 | 88,000 | 0 | 0 | 3,175 | 0 | 4,750 | 82,000 | 74,532 | |
| South Dublin | 600,000 | 258,852 | 250,000 | 140,123 | 50,000 | 81,277 | 24,750 | 46,978 | 0 | 0 | 63,000 | 26,397 | |
| Fingal | 700,000 | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | 115,000 | 55,000 | 222,575 | 424,754 | 645,000 | 1,113,425 | 26,842 | 0 | |
| Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown | 750,000 | 330,349 | 313,150 | 155,051 | 160,000 | 204,352 | 8,793 | 23,986 | 0 | 1,592,429 | 419,095 | 129,552 | |
| Galway | 100,000 | 292,947 | 500,000 | 0 | 190,000 | 138,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117,000 | 123,816 | |
| Kerry | 400,000 | 600,578 | 23,249 | 17,067 | 0 | 11,025 | 99,571 | 144,415 | 4,550 | 3,810 | 57,000 | 255,730 | |
| Kildare | 200,000 | 0 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 113,000 | 148,352 | 300,000 | 0 | 200,000 | 0 | 200,000 | 0 | |
| Kilkenny | 450,000 | 501,263 | 60,000 | 640 | 0 | 94,974 | 450,000 | 287,239 | 551,626 | 397,577 | 377,500 | 431,714 | |
| Laois | 200,000 | 3,810 | 530,000 | 218,481 | 659,000 | 675,028 | 0 | 60,262 | 0 | 30,600 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leitrim | 80,000 | 14,234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65,975 | 18,800 | 12,794 | |
| Limerick | 200,000 | 81,600 | 134,400 | 98,400 | 29,110 | 31,760 | 0 | 0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Longford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,000 | 78,000 | 88,966 | 2,900 | 0 | |
| Louth | 235,000 | 504,109 | 150,000 | 239,508 | 155,000 | 155,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,620 | 0 | 444,484 | |
| Mayo | 30,000 | 38,503 | 136,850 | 3,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meath | 1,500,000 | 1,796,295 | 78,133 | 63,560 | 220,000 | 255,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120,000 | 76,877 | |
| Monaghan | 0 | 197,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Tipperary | 500,000 | 174,323 | 139,508 | 46,947 | 126,600 | 244,346 | 353,656 | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Offaly | 400,000 | 406,902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,377 | 70,000 | 73,760 | 3,069 | 85,000 | 73,000 | 37,775 | |
| Roscommon | 495,000 | 269,689 | 373,587 | 0 | 427,000 | 393,184 | 54,000 | 96,126 | 19,622 | 0 | 50,000 | 10,808 | |
| Sligo | 500,000 | 624,885 | 18,090 | 17,225 | 8,000 | 9,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Tipperary | 250,000 | 445,623 | 27,641 | 190,000 | 0 | 1,275 | 0* | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Tipperary | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 291,874 | 800,000 | 23,142 | 900,000 | 1,399,370 | |
| Waterford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Westmeath | 150,000 | 174,718 | 46,452 | 48,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95,000 | 0 | 208,000 | 48,000 | |
| Wexford | 100,000 | 111,422 | 285,000 | 172,552 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 105,901 | 328,733 | 0 | 30,906 | 96,000 | 87,695 | |
| Wicklow | 600,000 | 459,904 | 550,000 | 605,837 | 108,300 | 164,684 | 0 | 67,038 | 63,097 | 27,891 | 46,000 | 0 | |
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| Cork | 0 | 40,500 | 62,000 | 70,500 | 0 | 17,500 | 256,687 | 206,913 | 800,000 | 427,304 | 400,000 | 301,796 | |
| Dublin | 1,350,000 | 433,099 | 50,000 | 287,402 | 420,000 | 465,000 | 407,500 | 481,693 | 366,299 | 99,162 | 1,405,198 | 762,342 | |
| Galway | 550,000 | 135,328 | 360,000 | 391,250 | 159,000 | 0 | 75,127 | 72,241 | 0 | 62,150 | 40,000 | 0 | |
| Limerick | 1,150,000 | 329,341 | 250,000 | 50,106 | 295,000 | 264,310 | 350,000 | 249,987 | 7,500 | 68,923 | 81,000 | 21,209 | |
| Waterford | 500,000 | 503,019 | 252,240 | 259,846 | 25,000 | 76,756 | 0 | 9,769 | 413,347 | 0 | 263,000 | 13,545 | |
| Reserve | 2,000,000 | 329,700 | 48,540 | 39,464 | 66,890 | 85,065 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 15,000,000 | 9,314,910 | 6,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,142,933 | 3,000,000 | 3,163,688 | 4,300,000 | 4,129,630 | 5,500,000 | 4,267,831 | 9,000,000 |
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