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Urban Renewal Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 March 2021

Thursday, 11 March 2021

Ceisteanna (87, 88, 89)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

87. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €121.3 million in full or in part was allocated in the budget 2021 announcement or in any previous budget further to his announcement on 5 March 2021 for funding for the regeneration of the north-inner city concept area 1. [13774/21]

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Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

88. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the process by which Dublin City Council will draw down the funding from his Department will be clarified further to his announcement on 5 March 2021 for funding for the regeneration of the north-inner city concept area 1; and the role his Department will have in the delivery of the nine projects for which the funding has been allocated. [13775/21]

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Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

89. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the €121.3 million allocated to each of the nine regeneration projects for the north-inner city concept area 1 projects announced on 5 March 2021, in tabular form. [13776/21]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 to 89, inclusive, together.

The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was launched in 2018 to support more compact and sustainable development. The URDF is one of four funds established under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has responsibility for its implementation.

The Fund is providing part-funding for applicant led projects that will enable a greater proportion of residential and mixed-use development to be delivered within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and large towns, while also ensuring that more parts of our urban areas can become attractive and vibrant places in which people choose to live and work, as well as to invest and to visit.

The URDF, as a key activator of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Project Ireland 2040, is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the NPF and PI2040.

All applications for URDF support are assessed in terms of their alignment with the intended purpose of the URDF programme and also their viability before being considered for approval.

With regard to the approved proposal in question, Dublin City Council’s North Inner City Concept Area 1, the recently announced global provisional allocation of €121,285,388 for this multi-element project is a new allocation under Call 2 of the URDF which will be funded from an allocation of €2 billion provided under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027.

In the coming weeks my Department will issue a formal approval in principle letter in respect of this successful proposal to Dublin City Council, which will set out the arrangements and conditions attached to URDF support, and which will also provide a breakdown of the global provisional allocation by sub-project.

While my Department works closely with the successful applicants in respect of project funding, responsibility for the advancement of URDF supported projects through the various stages of planning, development and completion is, in the first instance, a matter for the Sponsoring Agency, in this case Dublin City Council.

In this regard it should be noted that all URDF supported projects must be carefully developed and managed by the Sponsoring Agency in accordance with the normal conditions and arrangements that apply to public sector managed projects including, exercising appropriate cost control and delivering projects as approved, and in full compliance with the Public Spending Code.

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