Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

It is acknowledged that it will take longer to complete the regeneration, not least because there has been a slowdown in the private sector investment needed to secure the sustainability of the project.

Ballymun is an area that is being transformed through this regeneration but we must now ensure that the regeneration programme is geared to meet the new challenges we face so that all that has been gained in Ballymun to date is safeguarded for the future. At the same time, I am mindful of the conditions in which some tenants from the older accommodation have to live. As I mentioned earlier, provision is being made within the Dublin City Council housing allocation to support the transfer of regeneration tenants generally to better quality accommodation and I look forward to the council progressing this issue, in co-operation with Ballymun Regeneration Limited.

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