COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, September 09, 2024
QUESTION NO.
QUESTION: Councillor D. Adelaide
To ask the chief executive the percentage of the budget allocated Traveller accommodation that has been spent for each of the last 5 years
REPLY:
Since January 2020, the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage (DHLGH) no longer allocates specific budgets to individual local authorities for Traveller accommodation capital programmes. Instead, for ease of funding, local authorities can now apply for and drawdown funding at any time throughout the year.
|
Year |
Capital Expenditure |
|
2019 |
€127,276.42 |
|
2020 |
€284,390.38 |
|
2021 |
€358,873.35 |
|
2022 |
€695,078.83 |
|
2023 |
€3,300,941.52 |
|
2024 to date* |
€3,312,278.58 |
In addition to above, an annual revenue budget is allocated to the Traveller Accommodation Unit for maintenance, mobile caretaking services and supports. Details of revenue expenditure below:
|
Year |
Expenditure |
% adopted budget spent |
|
2019 |
€991,816.03 |
80.83% |
|
2020 |
€1,130,046.01 |
88.83% |
|
2021 |
€608,263.69 |
44.54% * |
|
2022 |
€918,223.27 |
65.68% * |
|
2023 |
€1,048,708.82 |
81.53% |
|
2024 to date |
€942,178.95 |
80.18% |
*Expenditure impacted due to Covid construction industry restrictions, only permitted essential maintenance/construction works were carried out during this time.