By Dan Walsh
The members of Wexford County Council have adopted €164.2 million for 2024 at yesterday’s (Monday) Statutory Budget meeting held in the Council Chamber at County Hall, Carricklawn, Wexford. This represents an increase of €12.9 million over the 2023 figure.
The Budget provides funding across the full range of service areas provided by Wexford County Council including social housing, road maintenance, street cleaning, car parking charges, fire services, libraries, burial grounds, parks and a range of other services in towns and villages, seaside and rural locations across the county.
The 2024 Budget also includes additional funding at Municipal District level to provide for additional local developments based on specific priorities in each district.
In presenting the draft budget Tom Enright, Chief Executive, extended his appreciation to the Cathaoirleach and members of the Council for their continued assistance and support. “This has been hugely important, and I look forward to continuing to work in partnership as we progress through these unprecedented and challenging times and plan, with an air of optimism, for the future on the delivery of high-quality public services for the people of County Wexford.”
“Despite the challenges of presenting a budget for 2024, we very much look to building further on the progress we have made and plans we have in place to develop County Wexford into the future. The Council must and will play a leading role for the development of the county and will work tirelessly to ensure the county will continue to recover from this period of instability and uncertainty and we are very much looking and planning for a brighter and better future for all,” concluded Mr. Enright.
The meeting was reminded of projects developed in 2023 and other projects to be further progressed in 2024 include: Market House, Gorey; John Street Building Regeneration Project (New Ross); Acquisition and master planning of 50-acre site for new South East Technical University; Esmonde Street Gorey Project; Wexfordia Projects at The National Irish Heritage Park, Hook Lighthouse and New Ross Tourism Projects; Enniscorthy Town Centre Tourism Project; Delivery of temporary car park in Courtown; Oyster Lane Car Park, Wexford; Wexford Town to Rosslare Greenway; Enniscorthy Sports Hub. Curracloe Water Sports Activity Facility and Rosslare Strand to Rosslare Harbour Greenway.
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