MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, April 11, 2016
QUESTION NO.15
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
To ask did SDCC apply and take all available funding for traveller accommodation in the last two years?
REPLY:
South Dublin applied for capital funding and took all available funding for Traveller Accommodation in the last two years. The following table shows the Council’s Capital Allocation in respect of Traveller Accommodation for the last 2 years.
Traveller Accommodation Unit Capital Allocation and Drawdown:
| Year | Amount | Scheme | Comment |
| 2014 | €24,750 | Turnpike Group Housing Scheme: As above | Final recoupment paid by DOE 21st August 2014 |
| 2015 | €0.00 | €0.00 funding awarded under Capital Allocation for Traveller Accomodation. | |
| 2015 | €746,007 (awarded under the Jobs Stimulus programme) | Belgard Road Group Housing Scheme | €661,706.86 has been applied for to date – houses are complete and handed over on 16th March 2016. Final Account will be submitted to the Department shortly |
There was no underspend in any of the above years.
The allocations from the Department for the past number of years were for schemes that had been approved to proceed, those under construction and also to complete schemes.
