I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 81 together.
The Deputy will be aware that the purpose of the Living City Initiative is to provide an urban regeneration incentive to certain areas of six cities, namely Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford, which are most in need of regeneration. Officials from my Department have held discussions with the relevant local authorities to identify the areas of the six cities which might fall within the scope of the scheme. The Living City Initiative will be launched shortly, and as part of that launch, details of the special regeneration areas will be made public. I will not be announcing the areas to be designated until the initiative is to be commenced.
It is important to note that I do not see this as a wide-spread Initiative, as it is targeted at those areas which are most in need of attention.
With regard to representations, as the Deputy will understand my Department has received a number of submissions from interested parties including citizens and residents groups since the scheme was announced. A number of stakeholders, including residents, were also consulted as part of the ex-ante cost benefit analysis which was undertaken in respect of the original pilot cities of Limerick and Waterford.