Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Kildare County Council for any additional funding for works carried out in connection with the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth II; the amount sought; if funding was approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16016/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Kildare County Council was allocated €15,000 under the Civic Responsibility Week Grant Scheme.

The purpose of this once-off grant scheme was to support Civic Responsibility Week which ran from Monday 9 May to Sunday 15 May 2011 and was designed to precede the State visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama.

A total of €350,000 from the Environment Fund was allocated to local authorities to support a range of environmental projects, including awareness raising and the visual enhancement of areas with high amenity value which would contribute to Ireland's clean, green image in the immediate period leading up to and during the recent State visits.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will announce his decision on the application for refurbishment and renewal works at a park (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16017/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The project in question is part of my Department's Remedial Works Programme 2009-2011, with approval and a preliminary budget issuing to Kildare County Council in June 2010, subject to specific terms and conditions.

Following an ongoing series of meetings and other communications between my Department and Kildare County Council, a submission was recently received from the Council which included design, costing and phasing details. This has been examined by my Department, and approval-in-principle for Phase 1 of the project is due to issue from my Department this week. It will then be a matter for Kildare County Council to submit a masterplan for this Phase. My Department and the Council continue to work closely together towards the project proceeding before the end of 2011.