Local Authority Housing.

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Questions (66)

Chris Andrews

Question:

134 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will as a matter of urgency be appointing a specific project team to carry out a programme of regeneration and refurbishment of local authority flat complexes. [22889/07]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy Batt O’Keeffe)

The Government's Policy Statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities provides for an expanded programme of works, including the regeneration and refurbishment of flats complexes, to improve the local authority housing stock.The development of proposals for, and the advancement of, individual projects is a matter for individual housing authorities.