Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
714. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it was a requirement to have a new road built through existing dwellings on Eugene Street, Dublin 8, as part of Dublin City Council's application for capital funding for the regeneration project for the St Teresa's Gardens flat complex; and if so the reason behind such a requirement. [13787/14]
View answerDraft schematic regeneration proposals for St. Teresa’s Gardens were developed by Dublin City Council and submitted to my Department in 2012. Since then, my Department has been liaising with the City Council to finalise the planning process and commence the demolition and refurbishment programme. In 2013, my Department approved the City Council's proposals for the retrofitting of apartments to facilitate the de-tenanting of those apartment blocks which are scheduled for demolition. This will facilitate the demolition of vacant blocks and the start of preparatory work for the construction of some 50 new apartments on the cleared site.
The planning and design of the individual components of the overall regeneration programme is a matter for the City Council in consultation with the local community. I understand the City Council is proposing a new access road via Eugene Street, designed to address the previous perceived isolation of the St. Teresa's Gardens site and to provide for the fuller integration of this area into the wider community. I also understand that this is an initial step in providing the desired network of streets to promote sustainable permeability, a key principle of the City Council's Development Plan.
