Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation and drawdown by each local authority of their Traveller accommodation budget in tabular form. [5732/20]

Damien English (Meath West, 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. 

Data in relation to the allocations and drawdowns of funding for Traveller-specific accommodation, by local authority, in 2019 are set out in the following table. In 2020, to facilitate ease of access to such funding, my Department is no longer allocating  specific budgets to individual local authorities from the €14.5m in funding available overall.  Instead,  it is open to all local authorities to apply for and drawdown funds at any time through the year and this is actively encouraged by my Department.  Details of the drawdowns by individual local authorities to date in 2020 are also set out in the following table.