Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the refurbishment of the public areas in an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4780/07]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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In 2001 my Department approved the use of €190,000 (£150,000) internal capital receipts for flood relief works and for the erection of boundary walls at Marion Estate, Newport, Co Tipperary. It is understood that the flood relief works have been carried out and that North Tipperary County Council are currently in consultation with the NBA with regard to the remaining works.

Under the Housing Management Initiative, from 1 January 2007, direct control has been given to local authorities over their internal capital receipts from the sale of local authority dwellings, to be used primarily for planned maintenance programmes and the improvement of housing stock. It is a matter for local authorities to prioritise the order in which any improvement works should be undertaken.