John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding from Kilkenny County Council for the purpose of refurbishment work at a resource centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42945/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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An application for grant support under the Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) for refurbishment works at Newpark Close, Kilkenny was received in my Department from Kilkenny County Council . However, due to the high level of commitments under the housing programme for 2012 , it has not been possible to approve the project at this time.

Under the SHIP, local authorities are allocated funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock, including the regeneration of large social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works schemes, funding for extensions and adaptations to meet the needs of tenants with a disability etc. Funding is also provided by my Department for a programme of works aimed at improving the overall standard and energy efficiency of the housing stock. Earlier in 2012 I allocated a total of €338,360 to Kilkenny County Council for spending on remedial and retrofitting works on a county-at-large basis. It is a matter for the Council to determine the nature and scale of the refurbishment works to be undertaken.