Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding available to Clare County Council for energy efficiency retrofits in council houses and the amounts claimed or drawn down by the council in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38627/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated capital funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The programme includes a retrofitting measure aimed at improving the energy efficiency of older apartments and houses by reducing heat loss through the fabric of the building and the installation of high-efficiency condensing boilers.

An allocation of €675,000 was provided to Clare County Council in respect of the programme for 2011. To date, some €340,471 of this has been paid to the Council. Further claims have been received from the Council and these are currently being examined in my Department with a view to payment shortly.