Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 March 2026
526. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount allocated to each local authority/county under the Community Services Programme in 2025, in tabular form. [23506/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports 426 community-based organisations, with a budget of €59.4m in 2026, to provide local services through a social enterprise model.
The CSP Programme provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager.
Pobal, which administer the CSP Programme on behalf of this Department, undertook a review of the funding rate categorisations in 2025. This funding rate review involved a metric review of the organisations' level of disadvantage, the number of employees from CSP Employment Target Groups and the organisations' earning potential, based on their 2023 Annual Financial Statements. As a result of this, 55 organisations were moved to a higher rate of funding, with effect from 1st of January 2026.
All funding allocations for the CSP Programme from 2018 to 2025 are available on www.gov.ie at the following link: Community Services Programme - Funding Allocations. (www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development-and-the-gaeltacht/collections/community-services-programme-funding-allocations/)
The allocations by local authority for 2025 are set out below.
Allocations by County/Local Authority for the Community Services Programme 2025
|
County / Local Authority for Dublin only |
2025 |
|
Carlow |
€349,570 |
|
Cavan |
€379,230 |
|
Clare |
€1,571,543 |
|
Cork |
€3,140,146 |
|
Donegal |
€5,005,815 |
|
Dublin City |
€5,723,177 |
|
South County Dublin |
€2,640,170 |
|
Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown |
€867,175 |
|
Fingal |
€2,689,725 |
|
Galway |
€3,273,925 |
|
Kerry |
€2,049,690 |
|
Kildare |
€592,125 |
|
Kilkenny |
€668,759 |
|
Laois |
€453,226 |
|
Leitrim |
€1,715,892 |
|
Limerick |
€1,889,816 |
|
Longford |
€666,560 |
|
Louth |
€2,085,190 |
|
Mayo |
€4,902,071 |
|
Meath |
€1,216,540 |
|
Monaghan |
€1,647,885 |
|
Offaly |
€1,439,250 |
|
Roscommon |
€3,010,494 |
|
Sligo |
€928,440 |
|
Tipperary |
€970,400 |
|
Waterford |
€1,417,210 |
|
Westmeath |
€1,247,252 |
|
Wexford |
€2,781,705 |
|
Wicklow |
€1,938,135 |
|
Annual Total |
€57,261,116 |
