Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be proceeding with a comprehensive regeneration scheme for estates (details supplied) in County Louth. [18311/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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My Department continues to work closely with Dundalk Town Council in progressing a number of improvement works and regeneration projects across the town council area. My Department made the following allocations in respect of these projects this year:

Cox's Demesne Regeneration - €500,000

Muirhevnamor Remedial and Energy Efficiency Works - €600,000

In the case of Cox's Demesne, the funding will be used to support the completion of the master-planning process and to provide continued support for social inclusion and environmental works, e.g. provision of a community warden, and improvements to public lighting among others. It will also provide for the commencement of works on an energy efficiency pilot project in the Aisling Park area. This pilot project, which is being undertaken in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and the ESB, will see energy efficiency improvement works delivered to 126 houses in the area this year. The master plan, once completed, will set out a roadmap for subsequent phases of the regeneration, detailing the actions needed to achieve the social, economic, and physical regeneration of the area. It is expected that this plan will be completed later this year.

In the case of Muirhevnamor, my Department is currently working with the Council on two separate projects, an energy efficiency improvement works project and a remedial works project. The energy efficiency project, which commenced last year, has resulted in the improvement of some 150 houses in the estate with works to a further 30 houses under way. A revised submission in respect of the planning stage of the remedial works project was received in my Department in May and is currently being assessed.