Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
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1686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding for Traveller accommodation that was applied for by each housing authority in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding.

The Act provides that 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 issues a funding circular at the start of each year to local authorities that sets out the overall Exchequer provision available for Traveller-specific accommodation in the year including the criteria for applying for funding and applications from local authorities are considered accordingly.

My Department ceased the practice of allocating specific budgets to individual local authorities and implemented a new allocation process following a review of arrangements for the disbursement of funding provision and related supports for Traveller-specific accommodation. Since 2020, it is open to all local authorities to apply for and drawdown funds at any time throughout the year and this is actively encouraged by my Department.

The attached table shows the yearly drawdown by Local Authority.

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