Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the planned regenerations of Limerick, St. Theresa's Gardens, Tom Kelly Road, St. Michael's Estate, O'Devaney Gardens and Dominick Street will proceed with a diminishing capital budget; and the progress made to date in each project. [5909/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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This Government remains fully committed to supporting a number of area based and estate-wide regeneration projects under the National Regeneration Programme, including projects in Limerick city and elsewhere as well as estates and flat complexes in Dublin city. Notwithstanding the constraints on capital budgets, my Department continues to prioritise funding for regeneration within the wider Social Housing Investment Programme. As a proportion of the overall funding available for social housing, its relative importance rose from 11% in 2010 to almost 25% of the total programme in 2011, with an investment of some €118 million. The regeneration programme, and ensuring that it is adequately resourced, remains a key element of the Government's housing policy for 2012 and beyond.

In terms of the projects referred to, it is worth noting that the investment in the Limerick Regeneration, Ballymun, and the Inner City Flats and Former PPP Projects, accounted for 82% of the overall investment in regeneration last year at €96.2 million. It is my intention to ensure that sufficient funding for my Department's social housing programme is made available in 2012 to deliver real progress in the case of each of these projects, having regard to their particular stage of development and in the context of the wider programme.

My Department is currently liaising closely with relevant local authorities and agencies in determining the regeneration work programme for 2012. I intend to announce details of the capital allocations under the housing programme, including the allocations for regeneration, as soon as possible after this process has been concluded.