Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
779 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority units which do not have either hot water or central heating; and the funding which is and which will be made available to address this issue. [27647/06]
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It is estimated that at the end of 2005 the number of local authority rented dwellings without central heating has been reduced to less than 30,000 units as a result of the central heating programme introduced by my Department in 2004, which provides funding for the installation of central heating in existing local authority dwellings which lack such a facility. I notified local authorities of their 2006 capital allocations under this programme of almost €32 million in January, 2006, which will enable central heating facilities to be installed in more than 6,000 local authority dwellings in 2006. My Department will continue to support this important programme with capital funding.
Cases of households without a hot water facility have not been brought to the attention of my Department. However, any such cases will be dealt with through the implementation of the central heating programme.
