Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total allocation given to various local authorities over the past three years in respect of providing essential repair grants for replacement windows in local authority homes; his plans to increase funding in this area substantially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4649/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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In cases where my Department provides funding for refurbishment work to schemes of houses in need of remedial works, it is usual that such work includes the replacement of defective windows. No separate financial allocations are provided to local authorities for the replacement of defective windows solely. In other instances where the replacement of windows is undertaken as a normal maintenance requirement, funding would fall to be provided by local authorities from their own resources as part of their ongoing maintenance programmes.