Written answers

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Department of Rural and Community Development

Local and Community Development Programme Expenditure

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on the local and community development programme in each of the years 2007 to 2017; and the allocated spend for 2018. [10302/18]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) was launched on 1 January 2010; it superseded the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) and the Community Development Programme (CDP). The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) replaced the LCDP from 1 April 2015 in most parts of the country.

Funding under the various Programmes for the years in question are outlined in the following table:

Year Spend
2007*€81.344m
2008*€81.120m
2009*€68.588m
2010€65.211m
2011€58.853m
2012€50.446m
2013€44.827m
2014€45.244m
2015€41.609m
2016€36.497m
2017€37.299m
2018€38.028m (Allocation)

* Combined funding under the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) and Community Development Programmes (CDP)

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