I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 to 539, inclusive, together.
With regard to the reply to Question No. 328 of 21 November 2007, the position in relation to the project concerned is unchanged. In its Housing Action Plan 2004-08, Kildare County Council has not identified any other remedial works schemes to be undertaken.
Following the publication of the Government's housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, my Department issued a circular letter to Local Authorities in May 2007 setting out the policy framework for regeneration of Local Authority estates (Circular N11/2007). Its purpose is to put in place a robust system for managing the regeneration programme, to define what constitutes a regeneration project, and to outline the approach that is required to be followed by local authorities in advancing regeneration projects. This circular builds on the arrangements set out in Circular N7/2007 — "Revised Arrangements for the Appraisal, Approval and Management of Social Housing Projects." Copies of both circulars, along with a copy of Circular N16/06 — "Housing Management Initiative" — have been placed in the Oireachtas Library for reference.