Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding capital funding to Fermoy Town Council for schemes (details supplied) in County Cork. [14869/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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This year my Department has allocated €140 million and €34 million to support local authority capital investment in social housing supply and remedial works programmes respectively. In the case of the Remedial Works Scheme at St. Mary's Terrace, Fermoy which involves the refurbishment of eleven houses and the construction of one new unit, my Department issued approval in principle for this project to proceed through planning and design stages in early 2009. The tender documents and other details are currently being examined with a view to issuing approval to proceed to tender stage very shortly.

All new construction proposals, including the infill housing at Oliver Plunkett Hill, are currently being considered in the context of existing commitments and the available capital funding. At present, Cork County Council has a significant level of construction commitments as well as substantial commitments in respect of properties coming on stream through the Part V process. Against that background, Fermoy Town Council has been advised that it is not possible to progress this project to construction at this time. However, the Town Council has been invited to submit a recoupment claim in respect of the planning and design costs incurred to date.