Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in the Cranmore estate, Sligo, that were vacant on 31 October 2011; the number that have been vacant for more than three months; if any of the regeneration funding provided by him in the current year has been used to refurbish vacant houses in the estate; when the vacant houses will be available for re-letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37813/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Sligo Borough Council has advised that 22 houses in the Cranmore estate were vacant as of 31 October 2011, of which 21 had been unoccupied for more than three months. A programme of refurbishment works is currently in progress and will be funded from the 2011 regeneration allocation. It is expected that 12 of these units will be available for re-letting as soon as the works are complete. The remaining 10 houses have been identified for future demolition under the regeneration project.