Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated to Kerry County Council under the multi-annual rural water programme in the past five years; the amount of this funding that has been drawn down; the amount that remains unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53636/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Departments Multi-annual Rural Water Programme, through Exchequer funding, delivers improvements to private domestic water and waste water services in areas of rural Ireland where there are no public (Irish Water) water/waste water services.

During the 2016-2018 funding cycle, Kerry County Council were allocated funding of €1,957,550 and €739,824 was paid to the Council by my Department. For the 2019-2021 cycle, an allocation of €4,354,750 was made by the Department and to date €3,381,700 has been paid.

My Department has devolved the day to day running of the multi-annual programme to the local authorities. The authorities are best placed to provide details of the amounts unspent at any point in time.

A more detailed list of projects, including those in County Kerry, that received a funding allocation under Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 can be found on my Department's website at this address:

www.gov.ie/en/circular/cf807-circular-l219-approval-of-schemesprojects-under-the-multi-annual-rural-water-programme-2019-2021-and-grant-allocations-to-local-authorities-for-2019/