Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 June 2016
14. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the current programme of the 2016 allocation for existing commitments on regeneration projects which is €50 million. [18511/16]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, regeneration projects funded by my Department target the country’s most disadvantaged communities, including those defined by the most extreme social exclusion, unemployment and anti-social behaviour.
My Department currently supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. The 2016 allocation for existing commitments on regeneration projects is €50 million, including allocations of €28m for Limerick, €11m for Cork City, €5m for Dublin and €2m each for Dundalk, Sligo and Tralee.
In the context of the priority on urban regeneration set out in the Programme for a Partnership Government, Minister Coveney and I will be working to provide increased funding in 2017 and subsequent years for a range of measures that address deep-rooted disadvantage, while developing an approach to urban regeneration that empowers people to work together to improve their communities and to reduce poverty, disadvantage and inequality.
