James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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677. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €28 million paid to local authorities under the regional and rural sub-heads in 2016 that was allocated for County Wexford; the amount that has been spent by Wexford County Council submitted to his Department accounting for this expenditure to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Table 1 provides details of the amounts of funding provided to Wexford Co. Council in 2016 in respect of Rural Development Programmes which at that stage were under the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The table also shows the amount of funding expended under each of these programmes up to 31 August 2017.

All funding provided to Local Authorities under these programmes in 2016 was in line with the sanctions received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and on the basis of funding agreements with the Local Authorities.

Responsibility for the administration of the programmes in question has transferred to the Department of Rural and Community Development. My Department is continuing to work closely with all relevant Local Authorities to ensure that any remaining funding allocated to them is spent promptly and in accordance with the original project proposals.

Table 1 – Allocation to Wexford Co. Council in 2016 under national Rural Development Programmes