The Government remains fully committed to the regeneration of disadvantaged social housing estates in cities and towns, including O'Devaney Gardens and Dominick Street. In 2008, with the support of my Department, Dublin City Council established a multi-disciplinary Special Housing Taskforce to examine all options with regard to the future regeneration of its six former PPP projects and in particular to examine the fast-tracking of the relocation of households to facilitate future regeneration. Both the Dominick Street and O'Devaney Gardens projects were previously included in Dublin City Council's PPP programme.
Initial proposals for the redevelopment of O'Devaney Gardens recently received planning permission. A planning decision is awaited in relation to proposals for Dominick Street. The next step in this process is to prepare detailed masterplans, building on the work already done by the Council and Regeneration Boards, which will address the social, economic, and physical regeneration needs of the communities there. In the interim and to facilitate the future regeneration construction works, the City Council continues to receive funding for the relocation of households out of these areas and for the demolition of vacant buildings.