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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 09, 2024

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor K. Keane

To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on funding for Traveller Specific Accommodation for 2023 and 2024. Report to include how much has been spent and on what and how much is outstanding.

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. In 2023 the Council drew down a total of €3,300,942.

Breakdown as follows: 

Description	Amount
Relet/Refurbishment Works	€264,847
National Caravan Loan Scheme	€114,800
New Group Housing Scheme	€2,921,295

To date in 2024, the Council has submitted claims to the total of €421,539

Breakdown as follows:

Description	Amount
Relet/Refurbishment Works	€272,144
National Caravan Loan Scheme	€149,395

Outstanding claims:

Description	Amount
New Group Housing Scheme	€2,853,124
Relet/Refurbishment Works	€44,000

In addition to above, €1,048,708 was spent in the Revenue Budget for 2023 with €1,643,600 provided in the Budget 2024 for the maintenance, mobile caretaking services and supports to Traveller Accommodation in the County.