John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on his precinct improvements scheme; the current budget for the scheme; the amount currently committed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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As part of the Housing Management Initiative, from 1 January 2007 local authorities were given delegated sanction for the delivery of their annual improvement works programmes subject to specific conditions and overall programme approval from my Department. Funding for these programmes was provided from the authority's own internal capital receipts from the sale of local authority dwellings.

However, the decrease in the level of internal capital receipts available to the local authorities in recent years resulted in improvement works projects being funded directly by my Department where a lack of internal capital receipts in the authority could be demonstrated and a clear need for such works identified.

In the case of precinct improvements, which are particular to Dublin City, the table below sets out the Exchequer funding provided for such works since 2007. In addition, Dublin City Council invested €9.85m of ICR's on its Precinct Improvement works programme in 2007 and 2008.

*Funded through Internal Capital Receipts up to end 2008.

Not including the capital allocation provided to support the regeneration of Ballymun, allocations totalling almost €28 million have been notified to Dublin City Council in respect of their social housing improvement programmes for 2011. It is a matter for Dublin City Council, within their capital allocation, to determine their improvements works programme. There is no specific allocation provided for precinct improvement works within the overall improvement works programme.