Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding allocated for the regeneration and development of Canon Mooney Gardens, city council flats, in Ringsend, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18415/11]

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.

It is a matter for Dublin City Council, within their capital allocation, to determine their improvements works programme. 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.

With regard to the proposed Canon Mooney Gardens precinct improvement project, my Department is awaiting the submission to it from Dublin City Council of a cost benefit analysis as well as a full capital appraisal, which when submitted will enable my Department to make a full assessment of the proposal.