Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2010
628 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce a new urban and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/10]
View answerUnder the Urban and Village Renewal Programme 2000-2006, grant assistance was provided by my Department to local authorities for a range of interventions to upgrade the fabric of the built environment in cities, towns and villages. Final funding allocations under this Programme, which ended in early 2008, involved total EU and Exchequer co-financed expenditure of over €158 million.
The 2007-2013 Urban and Village Regeneration Programme, administered by my Department, has been deferred due to budgetary constraints.
