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Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Questions (144)

Joan Collins

Question:

144. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding in 2013 in respect of the Cranmore and environs regeneration project in Sligo; if funding is expended on staff salaries, consultants’ fees, firms providing professional services, community workers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15714/14]

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My Department currently supports an ambitious programme of regeneration which seeks to address the causes of disadvantage in communities and large social housing estates and flat complexes through holistic programmes of physical, social and economic regeneration. In 2013, some €70 million was recouped in respect of regeneration programmes at Ballymun, Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City, Tralee, Dundalk and Sligo.

The Dundalk and Sligo regeneration projects are currently at master planning stage. With the exception of some “early win” projects, expenditure at both locations relates to the development, in consultation with local communities and other stakeholder groups, of the detailed masterplans and implementation strategies as well as social interventions, the acquisition of replacement housing and the strategic demolition of houses to facilitate future regeneration.

Some €1.38 million was recouped to Sligo Borough Council in 2013 in respect of the Regeneration Programme for Cranmore and environs. A breakdown of this expenditure is set out in the following table.

2013 Expenditure

Amount

Master planning

€232,229

House acquisitions

€ 4 0, 6 00

Community Liaison Officer

€29,514

Cleveragh Park Development project

€49,648

Men's Shed Project

€34,125

Eastern Bridge approach roads design

€100,000

Administrative Overhead

€490,294

Social and Community Initiatives

€234,334

Minor Sundry Works

€ 95, 062

Improvement Works Programme

€ 7 3, 413

Total 

€1,379, 219

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