Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority (details supplied) has applied for further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23377/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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€1,870,000 has been allocated to Kildare County Council in respect of the grant schemes concerned in 2009, an increase of almost 14% on the initial allocation of €1,642,680 in 2008. While the Council has advised my Department of its intention to request additional funding under the schemes in 2009, no formal application has been received to date. At this stage I do not envisage making further allocations to local authorities in respect of the operation of these schemes in 2009. However, I will review the funding position later in the year, in the event of under spending by local authorities of their allocations for the grant schemes or other allocations under the wider social housing investment programme.