Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the urban regeneration of heritage quarters in counties Limerick and Waterford other than those outlined in the Living City Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I have no plans to introduce any urban regeneration initiatives of heritage quarters in Counties Limerick and Waterford in 2013 other than to assist those outlined in the Living City Initiative as developed by the Department of Finance.

It should be noted that my Department launched a pilot Historic Towns Initiative earlier this year. This Initiative is a joint undertaking by my Department, the Heritage Council and Fáilte Ireland to promote the heritage-led regeneration of Ireland’s historic towns. Three towns – Listowel in County Kerry, Youghal in County Cork and Westport in County Mayo – have been chosen to pilot the initiative in 2013-2014. Consideration will be given to rolling this out to further locations following assessment of the pilot phase.