Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of regeneration schemes carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on estates under their control; the amount of funding provided by his Department for such schemes; the location of each project and the amount of funding provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35094/07]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 21 November 2007 the position of an application for the refurbishment of a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the local authority has sought funding for the project; if funding will be made available by his Department for the regeneration of the estate; the expected time frame involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35095/07]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes that have taken place within the past few months in relation to the way a local authority can secure funding for the regeneration of an estate under their control; when these changes were implemented; the way such changes impact on the amount of funding that can be obtained; the criteria involved in the selection of an estate as qualifying for a regeneration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35096/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 to 539, inclusive, together.

With regard to the reply to Question No. 328 of 21 November 2007, the position in relation to the project concerned is unchanged. In its Housing Action Plan 2004-08, Kildare County Council has not identified any other remedial works schemes to be undertaken.

Following the publication of the Government's housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, my Department issued a circular letter to Local Authorities in May 2007 setting out the policy framework for regeneration of Local Authority estates (Circular N11/2007). Its purpose is to put in place a robust system for managing the regeneration programme, to define what constitutes a regeneration project, and to outline the approach that is required to be followed by local authorities in advancing regeneration projects. This circular builds on the arrangements set out in Circular N7/2007 — "Revised Arrangements for the Appraisal, Approval and Management of Social Housing Projects." Copies of both circulars, along with a copy of Circular N16/06 — "Housing Management Initiative" — have been placed in the Oireachtas Library for reference.