Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Cavan County Council towards improvement works to unfinished housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22359/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The unfinished housing developments safety initiative was introduced earlier this year to deal with 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.

To date 237 developments have been identified as qualifying for funding and submissions have been received in the case of 151 of these. The balance of submissions and associated claims are anticipated shortly. Allocations have been approved by my Department in the case of 61 estates and allocations of €1.5 million made. The remaining 90 applications, including those made by Cavan County Council, are being evaluated and allocations will be issued shortly.