Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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568. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding (details supplied) that has been allocated has been drawndown and spent; if there has been a follow up or appraisal on the funding given under the various programmes or headings; if any of the allocated funding has been recouped or unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2017, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has allocated a total of €25,000 to Mayo County Council.  The allocation was an award from the Public Service Innovation Fund (PSIF) after a competitive process.  The allocation was fully drawn down and spent in a single allocation in 2019.

The PSIF funding to Mayo County Council was for the development of a Geographical Information System (GIS) App to capture the impacts of climate change events on the ground and in real-time.  The data is then used to inform climate adaptation planning and to target meaningful and cost-effective solutions.  The app and the information on it can be find from the CARO WIRE App page here: www.caro.ie/knowledge-hub/climate-action-adaptation/wire-app.