Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital allocated to his Department for 2017 at its creation; the amount spent by subhead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48386/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The total amount of capital funding allocated to my Department upon its creation was approximately €77 million. To date payments totalling €19.6 million have been made, as shown in the table below. It has been impressed upon Local Authorities the need to accelerate spending on their 2017 projects as a matter of urgency, and capital spend in the final quarter typically accelerates as projects come to fruition.

In addition, €10 million has been allocated to the Local Authorities under the Local Improvement Scheme.  It is a condition of this scheme that all works must be completed by the end of 2017.