Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals and appropriate arrangements relating to the financial position of Sligo County Council that were discussed at his meeting with the cathaoirleach of the council and the county manager on 20 May 2011; the location of which the meeting took place; the time the meeting commenced; the time the meeting concluded; if other items apart from the council's finances were included on the agenda for the meeting; if the report, minutes, notes and documentation from the meeting are available for inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24630/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I met with the Cathaoirleach and Manager of Sligo County Council on the occasion of the official openings of the new Library and Fire Station in Ballymote on 20 May 2011. The meeting commenced at 3.30 p.m. and concluded at 3.45 p.m. approximately. At this meeting the financial position and the funding challenges facing the Council were briefly discussed with a view to further exploration between my Department and the Council of appropriate arrangements to reduce the deficit over time. There was no specific documentation arising from the meeting. It is a matter for each local authority, including Sligo County Council, to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. It is also a matter for individual local authorities to manage their own day-to-day finances in a prudent and sustainable manner.

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any correspondence or submissions from Sligo Borough Council or Sligo County Council in regard to funding for the improvement of O'Connell Street, Sligo, in the period since 5 July 2011; the date on which the correspondence or submissions were received in addition to a summary of the materials received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24631/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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My Department received e-mail correspondence from Sligo Borough Council on 30 August 2011 in connection with the proposed improvement works to O'Connell Street together with copies of motions adopted by the Borough Council relating to these works and traffic management arrangements locally. The Council also advised that only the planning and design phase of the proposed works to O'Connell Street would be completed this year and requested that the capital funding for the construction phase be included the Council's 2012 allocation. A detailed proposal in respect of these works is awaited from Sligo Borough Council. This will be evaluated on the basis of its contribution to supporting the overall objectives of the regeneration project and how it can address issues such as creating linkages with the Cranmore estate and adjacent areas as well as issues such as infrastructure deficit generally, accessibility and social exclusion resulting from unemployment and economic disadvantage.