Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1510. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to support an application from Tipperary County Council regarding an estimated cost of €1.146 million towards the construction of ten new dwellings in Roscrea and make a full statement on his involvement in the premature announcing of moneys, €1.1 million towards Ros na Cronan estate in Ashbury, Roscrea, County Tipperary. [33394/14]
View answerA proposal for the acquisition and refurbishment of 12 houses at Ashbury, Roscrea, County Tipperary was submitted to my Department by the local authority and approved by the then Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., in March 2014.
Subsequently, Tipperary County Council advised my Department that they were no longer pursuing the project as the cost of acquiring the houses was proving more costly than originally envisaged and the project no longer offered a value-for-money solution to meeting social housing need in the area. The County Council has submitted an outline proposal for an alternative project to meet this social housing need. This is in respect of the construction of 10 new houses on Council-owned land at Glencarrig, Roscrea, County Tipperary, at an estimated cost of €1.146 million and my Department expects to receive a full proposal from the County Council on this project shortly.
