Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Cavan County Council to carry out necessary work to unfinished housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/11]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funds will be made available to Kerry County Council to tackle unfinished housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together.

The unfinished housing developments safety initiative was introduced earlier this year to deal with the problem of the health and safety issues presented by unfinished estates. My Department has allocated an initial €5 million to allow local authorities to identify such estates and make application for funding to alleviate the problem.

Currently, local authorities are conducting this survey and applying for funds as necessary. To date almost half of local authorities have made applications and funding has been made available in respect of 43 applications. An application for funding has been received from Cavan County Council and is being processed at present. No application has yet been received from Kerry County Council, but should one be submitted it will be processed and evaluated as soon as possible.