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Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Traveller Accommodation

Photo of Mick BarryMick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority to date in 2019 from its Traveller accommodation budget. [24033/19]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, 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.

Housing authorities submit funding proposals for individual Traveller-specific projects and developments on an annual basis. These projects are assessed on a case-by-case basis in my Department in advance of allocations being made. In addition, further funding may be considered by my Department throughout the year in the light of progress across the programme generally. There is regular contact between my Department and housing authorities in order to try to ensure maximum progress and drawdown.

The amount drawn down by housing authorities to date in 2019 for Traveller-specific accommodation is set out in the following table.

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Drawdown 2019

(to date) €
CARLOW -
CAVAN -
CLARE 326,000
CORK CITY -
CORK COUNTY 167,000
DONEGAL -
DUBLIN CITY 174,000
DUN LAOGHAIRE-R.DOWN-
FINGAL 11,000
SOUTH DUBLIN 107,000
GALWAY CITY -
GALWAY COUNTY 72,000
KERRY-
KILDARE-
KILKENNY171,000
LAOIS-
LEITRIM-
LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY346,000
LONGFORD-
LOUTH-
MAYO-
MEATH78,000
MONAGHAN-
OFFALY139,000
ROSCOMMON-
SLIGO197,000
TIPPERARY-
WATERFORD CITY & COUNTY54,000
WESTMEATH-
WEXFORD-
WICKLOW-
TOTAL1,842,000

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