Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 1072: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme of assistance for householders who are removing asbestos from their homes. [10169/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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It is not proposed to introduce a scheme of assistance for private householders who are removing asbestos from their homes. It is a matter for individual local authorities, which are responsible for housing maintenance, to consider the desirability in particular circumstances of removing any asbestos-containing materials from their rented housing stock. It is not considered necessary to instigate a specific programme in this respect, as the Department has been requested by local authorities to do so. An information leaflet, Asbestos in your Home, is available from ENFO, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's public information service on environmental matters. The leaflet, which includes advice on the maintenance, removal and disposal of asbestos materials, advises the public to contact the Health and Safety Authority to obtain information about the handling and use of asbestos.