COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, May 27, 2013

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Manager to give full totals for the community grants applied for and granted in the area under the remit of this Committee, and in the county as a whole, for the past 4 years, and to make a statement on the matter?"

REPLY:

Community Services Department has received the following number of grant applications and grant aided as follows:-

Year	Total No. of Grants Applications Received	Total No. of Grants Paid	Within the County	Tallaght Area	Pending ACM	Approved but not Paid yet in Tallaght Area awaiting receipts.	Paid in Tallaght Administrative Area.
2009	101	63	63	29			€92,740
2010	87	44	44	21			€58,350
2011	84	54	54	25			€53,922
2012	65	35	35	19			€36,000
2013 to-date	43	7	7	2	3	7	€1,100

We also grant aid Summer Project Groups who participate in a Summer Programme during the months of July/ August. A total of 13 projects in the Tallaght Area receive grant aid amounting to approximately €12,000 annually from South Dublin County Council and also avail of activities free of charge to the projects.

Community Services Department operate a Community Grants Scheme within the administrative area of South Dublin County Council and we invite groups/ organisations to apply within the current Grants Scheme. It should be noted we have a restricted budget which we adhere to, so it may not always be viable to grant aid all applicants and it is also dependent on them meeting the criteria.

In addition to the Community Grants Scheme detailed above, there are grants for artistic activities paid to roganisations all acxross the County. Since 2009, €41,200 has been paid over to groups and orgsanisations in the Tallaght area.