The management, maintenance and improvement of its rented dwellings is the responsibility of the local authority. Where an authority has identified problems calling for emergency attention, such as a fire hazard, remedial action should be taken without delay by the authority and funded from either its existing allocation under the remedial works scheme for designated estates or from its own resources.
Over £30 million, including £3.8 million this year, has been allocated so far to Cork Corporation under the remedial works scheme for the refurbishment and improvement of its dwellings. The funds provided for this scheme in the 1995 public capital programme have been allocated in full and while it is not possible to increase the allocation to Cork Corporation it should be possible for it to find the resources to enable it carry out the emergency measures.