Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5704/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department's involvement with voluntary and co-operative housing schemes relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the schemes, and the certification that projects comply with the terms and conditions of the funding schemes, are the responsibility of the relevant local authority. Galway County Council submitted a proposal under my Department's Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) on 6 October 2011 for a 17-unit scheme at Hymany, Ballinasloe, to be undertaken by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

I will, in the context of an examination of existing programme commitments under CAS, give consideration to the financial scope for new CAS projects during 2012. It will be a matter for Galway County Council to prioritise projects locally having regard to the relative merit of any proposals received and the extent to which they meet housing need.