Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the Noonan Road project, there is no further action my Department can take in respect of the submission for funding until Cork City Council provides the clarifications we are seeking. Our Department supports local authorities in improving their social housing stock through a range of programmes, including energy retrofitting, regeneration and refurbishment works on vacant properties, in order to return properties to productive use as quickly as possible. It is to be led by the local authority. As well as receiving funding support under the voids and energy efficiency programmes, Cork City Council has also been a significant beneficiary under our Department's national regeneration programme, which provided funding in excess of €280 million nationally between 2016 and 2020 across the regeneration areas. The very impressive Harbour View Road project in Knocknaheeney in the north inner city of Cork is an example of the type of energy-efficiency projects funded by our Department under the regeneration programme.

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