Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital allocation given to North Tipperary County Council in 2007 for housing repair and refurbishment works; the schemes under which the allocation was given; if he will compare this to the amount allocated in 2008 and schemes under which that funding was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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In 2007 North Tipperary County Council received an allocation of €1.5m to undertake remedial works on its rural cottages, preliminary works for a number of other schemes across the county, and its central heating programme. This year's allocation of €3.8m is a significant increase on the 2007 allocation and represents my Department's ongoing commitment to the support of the Council's ambitious programme, which includes remedial works schemes at Borrisokane, Cloughjordan, and Ballina/Portroe, as well as support for the installation of central heating and insulation measures across a number of local authority estates. The management and delivery of these schemes within the annual allocation is, however, a matter for the Council, within the approved project budgets agreed with my Department.