The management, maintenance and improvement of their estates are matters for the local authority to be funded from their own resources which include rental income and the revenue portion, 40 per cent, of the proceeds of tenant purchase schemes.
Special capital funding within the provision in the annual public capital programme, is available under the remedial works scheme for the carrying out of major structural works to designated housing estates. The eight estates to which Dublin Corporation have given the highest priority have been designated for funding under the scheme. The financial commitments on these estates and the overall high level of demand by local authorities for funding under the scheme does not allow the designation of further estates at this stage.
The capital provided for the remedial works scheme in 1992 has been allocated, in full and £6.3 million — some 40 per cent of the £16 million available — was allocated to the corporation. This brings the total amount available to them, so far, under the scheme to over £25 million. The apportionment of the allocation between the designated estates is a matter for the corporation.
In addition, £1.55 million has been allocated to the corporation under the sub-programme introduced last year to supplement the authority's expenditure on the provision of bathrooms in their rented dwellings.
