Thomas Gould
Ceist:218. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will reopen for regeneration sites. [12095/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 9 March 2023
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The National Regeneration Programme targets the country’s most disadvantaged communities; those defined by the most extreme social exclusion, unemployment and anti-social behaviour. My Department supports an ambitious programme of regeneration projects which seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these estates through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration.
My Department currently supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. These projects seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these communities through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration.
It is the responsibility of local authorities to identify an opportunity to advance Regeneration Programmes in line with Circular N11/2007 Policy Framework for the Regeneration of Local Authority Estates in their respective administrative areas. The local authority should discuss potential projects with my Department at the earliest opportunity.
Once a proposal is considered to be appropriate and suitable as a Regeneration Programme, the local authority will then advance proposal(s) for construction of new and refurbished homes in the Regeneration area. Each project submission received is assessed on its own merits, in the context of the aims and objectives of Housing for All, the National Regeneration Programme, and value for money.