Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed regeneration scheme for the Wilderness/Carrigeen area of Clonmel, County Tipperary including when he will approve funding for the scheme, details of the scheme and the expected commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/07]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 601 of 21 November 2006. The proposal as submitted will be discussed with the local authority as part of the Housing Action Plan process.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines his Department has given to local authorities on the way the payments to people on community employment schemes are to be considered in the calculation of local authority rents; if there are specific guidelines in relation to over 55s who have been allowed to stay on CE schemes for a fourth year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/07]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Each local authority calculates the local authority housing rents payable in its area in accordance with a differential rents scheme adopted by the elected members and taking account of guidance issued by my Department. My Department's circular letter HRT 12/94 requests local authorities in circumstances where tenants' income is increased as a result of participation in the Community Employment Programme to arrange that their differential rent is not increased as a result.

All aspects of the differential rent schemes are currently under examination in my Department in line with the Government's commitment in the Housing Policy Framework Building Sustainable Communities to implement a fair rents policy across all social housing tenures. In this context, it is proposed that local authority rent systems will be developed within a national framework that outlines parameters, but provides operational flexibility to reflect local conditions.