Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to tell us in plain English what the €13 million re-profiling means. The document does not make clear what exact areas are being cut from and what will be delayed until the following year as a result. While I welcome the additional funding for pyrite works, provision does not seem to have been made for additional funding for pyrite and mica works in counties Donegal and Mayo. I know the Cabinet has approved a scheme in principle and the Minister is working on the details of it. Is the absence of anything in the Estimates for such a scheme an indication that people will not be able to access finance under it until next year, or could that change during the year?

There was an underspend of almost 50% in Traveller accommodation last year. More than €5 million was not spent and it was the same the year before. What happened to that money? What happened specifically to the more than €5 million that was not spent on Traveller accommodation? Was it spent on something else last year? Has it been rolled into the overall allocation for Traveller accommodation this year?

What will the increased allocation for the Residential Tenancies Board fund? We are supportive of the new regulations that the Minister is proposing to introduce. We know from talking to Ms Rosalind Carroll and her staff that there will be a significant additional administrative burden. Can the Minister outline what the extra €10 million will translate to?

I ask the Minister to point to where this part of the Estimates provides for additional resourcing for local authority staff in housing and planning departments. Recently, there have been some media reports - I have no idea how accurate they are - about the amount that Dublin City Council may need to ensure there is proper enforcement of the new short-term letting regulations. Is that extra money in the Local Government Fund? Where is this provision being made? Perhaps the Minister will comment in detail about the extra provision Dublin city is getting, given that it will have the greatest administrative burden as a result of the short-term lettings regulations.