Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of support allocated, drawn down or requested for the restoration of Fermoy Weir. [20668/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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While the funding of the maintenance and repair of weirs is not a matter that falls within the remit of this Department, and it has no specific funding line for such projects, it is appreciated that this is a very important project for Cork County Council and the community of Fermoy, in particular.

In view of the strategic importance of this project from an economic, social and environmental perspective, a strictly once off exceptional payment of €175,000 to Cork County Council was sanctioned by the previous Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government from the Local Government Fund on the 17 September 2019. However, the approved allocation has yet to be drawn down by Cork County Council. My Department remains committed to this level of support in 2020.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of funding drawn down by Cork County Council for Traveller accommodation in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. [20669/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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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 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.

The drawdown of funding for Traveller-specific accommodation by Cork County Council in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 is set out in the table below.