Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1129. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if any funding requests have been submitted by Dublin City Council for the redevelopment of an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39174/12]
View answerThis year, my Department is providing funding of over €62 million to Dublin City Council to support the Council’s various social housing supply and improvement works programmes currently underway. This includes over €40 million in respect of various regeneration programmes operating across the city including Ballymun and projects which were previously included in the City Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme.
Dublin City Council set up a multi-disciplinary Special Housing Taskforce to examine all options for the future regeneration of all the estates included in the former PPP programme. My Department is working closely with the City Council to advance the proposals which have emerged following consultation and discussions with the Regeneration Boards for the relevant projects. While proposals for O’Devaney Gardens and Dominick Street are being progressed through the planning and design phase, neither are sufficiently advanced at this stage to be considered for budget approval or implementation. It is also a matter for the City Council, in the first instance, to manage the prioritisation and phasing of those projects within its work programme.
In the interim the City Council operates a de-tenanting strategy, with the support of my Department, in respect of the former PPP estates to facilitate their ultimate regeneration. My Department provided approximately €5 million for this specific purpose in 2011 and a further €6.5 million has been allocated for this in 2012.
