Written answers
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Department of Rural and Community Development
Capital Expenditure Programme
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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259. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20456/18]
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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260. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department's capital allocation for projects underway and projects already tendered or committed to spending contractually. [20473/18]
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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261. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022 disaggregated according to capital allocated to projects underway, projects contractually committed to and projects yet to be initiated. [20490/18]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 to 261, inclusive, together.
My Department’s Capital allocation to 2022 is as follows:
| - | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Capital Allocation | 88* | 141 | 150 | 152 | 175 |
* + 7.7 Capital Carryover
My Department provides funding at programme level to support local authorities and others in the delivery of individual projects. In respect of allocations for 2018, the breakdown of my Department’s capital spend at programme level is as follows.
Capital allocations
| - | €,000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | 302 | |
| A3 | Dormant Accounts | 2006 |
| A5 | National Rural Development Schemes | 15383 |
| A6 | LEADER | 35000 |
| A8 | Town and Village Regeneration Scheme | 15000 |
| A9 | Rural Broadband, Regional Economic Development | 600 |
| A10 | Local Improvement Scheme | 10000 |
| B6 | RAPID | 3767 |
| B8 | Programme for Peace and Reconciliation | 700 |
| B10 | Library Development and Archive Service | 2750 |
| B11 | Community Facilities Fund | 2000 |
In general, the breakdown of capital funding for my Department between subheads is agreed annually as part of the Estimates process. In the case of the LEADER programme, the overall allocation for this programme for the period 2014-2020 has been agreed at €250 million as part of the EU co-funded Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
Details of individual projects supported by my Department are available on my Department’s website.
As recently announced, a new Rural Regeneration and Development Fund will be established under my Department as part of Project Ireland 2040. The fund will invest an additional €1 billion in supporting rural renewal. The additional investment under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund will commence in 2019 and will ramp up incrementally over the first 4 years before reaching a steady level of investment.
My Department is currently developing proposals for the detailed operation of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, and I will announce the details following consultation with relevant Government colleagues.
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