Vol. 508 No. 1
593 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the grants available to voluntary housing bodies for provision of community facilities; the number of projects involved; the allocation provided under this heading; the details of the most ambitious projects; if an equivalent grant is available for local authority housing; if not, the reason; if policy can be altered in this direction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17644/99]
A grant provision of £1.093 million, funded from the national lottery, in respect of the provision of communal facilities in existing or new housing projects provided by voluntary groups is available in 1999. The maximum grant available is £3,500 per unit of accommodation provided and a list of the projects and the amounts approved in respect of 22 projects so far approved this year is set out in the following table.
Local authorities have recently been advised in new social housing design guidelines issued by the Department that they should consider ways to facilitate and encourage the provision of services and amenities including community buildings, either within or adjacent to the site of proposed schemes. The type of building to be provided should be based on needs identified in consultation with the residents. They were advised that funding from scheme budgets is limited and relates to the size and nature of individual schemes and that additional sources of funding and the possibility of shared use of facilities with residents of adjacent developments should be investigated so as to ensure that the best and most appropriate provision is made. The provision of community facilities in new local authority housing schemes is a matter for individual local authorities in the first instance and any proposals which may be put to my Department will be considered an a scheme by scheme basis.
Communal Facility Grant: 1999.
|
Project Location |
Grantapproved |
|
£ |
|
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Respondi Voluntary Housing Association,Our Lady's Hospital Grounds,Ennis,County Clare. |
98,000 |
|
Respondi Voluntary Housing Association,Grange Road,Baldoyle. |
147,000 |
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West Kerry Home Care for the Aged,Green Street,Dingle,County Kerry. |
30,000 |
|
Respondi Voluntary Housing Association,Garrincreen,Co. Kilkenny. |
18,596 |
|
Dromcollogher Voluntary Family HousingAssociation Ltd.,Dromcollogher,Co. Limerick. |
24,500 |
|
Respondi Voluntary Housing Association,Castle Park,Moyross,Limerick. |
157,500 |
|
Project Location |
Grantapproved |
|
Mulranny Day Care Centre Housing Ltd.,Phase 2,Mulranny,County Mayo. |
52,500 |
|
Cork Association for Autism,Grenville House,Gortnamucky,Carrigtwohill,County Cork (South). |
21,000 |
|
Respondi,Cobh,County Cork. |
150,500 |
|
Respondi,Beecher's Yard,Youghal,County Cork. |
133,000 |
|
St. Vincent de Paul,Bantry Road,Dunmanway,County Cork |
28,000 |
|
Respondi,Brookview,Tallaght,County Dublin. |
167,909 |
|
Dromin-Athlacca Housing Project,“Shalom”, Athlacca,Kilmallock,County Limerick. |
38,500 |
|
St. Ita's Voluntary Housing Association Ltd.,Abbeyfeale,County Limerick. |
80,500 |
|
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary,Moneygall,Birr,County Offaly. |
18,900 |
|
Society of St. Vincent de Paul,Thomas StreetWexford. |
94,500 |
|
Sunbeam House Services,1-2 Sugarloaf Cresent,Bray,County Wicklow. |
15,000 |
|
Sunbeam House Services,14 Abbey Manor,Arklow,Co. Wicklow. |
14,000 |
|
White Oaks Housing Association Ltd.,St. Anthony's Retreat Centre,Derryvane,Muff,Co. Donegal. |
56,000 |
|
St. Pancras,Ballinure,Mahon,Cork. |
104,778 |
|
Drogheda Homeless Aid Association Ltd.,35 North Strand,Drogheda,Co. Louth. |
84,000 |
|
Respond,Ballytuckle,Waterford. |
70,000 |
