Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding from a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare to carry out remedial works and adaptations to a scheme of old age pensioners' houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12837/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Housing Management Initiative, local authorities have been given direct control, from 1 January 2007, in relation to their internal capital receipts from the sale of local authority dwellings, to be used primarily for their improvement works programmes. While my Department approves the overall programmes it is the responsibility of local authorities to prioritise and advance individual projects. It is understood that the authority has included the scheme in question in its improvement works programme.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the housing start-ups taking place in 2008 in County Mayo; and the areas of the county in which they are taking place. [12867/08]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been provided to a local authority (details supplied) in County Mayo for the housing programme. [12868/08]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the list of housing projects which are ready for start-up under the auspices of a local authority (details supplied) in County Mayo but are waiting for funding approval from his Department. [12869/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 to 421, inclusive, together.

Mayo County Council has submitted the following construction projects, at various stages of the project cycle, to my Department for approval of funding under the Social Housing Investment Programme. I hope to be in a position to announce the allocations of funding for the local authority housing programme in the near future. Following this, all local authorities, including those in Mayo, will submit an estimate of expected starts and completions for the current year.