Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is taking five years or more for extensions to houses which have been approved on medical grounds or due to over-crowding; the further reason he will not make adequate funding available to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The operation of the scheme of extensions to local authority houses is a matter for local authorities which is funded by my Department as part of their capital provision for the housing construction/acquisition programme. My Department has not received requests from local authorities for additional funding to undertake works under the scheme. It is matter for individual local authorities to determine the level of their programmes for the provision of extensions.