Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the overall amount allocated/approved to the Cox’s Regeneration project, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk, County Louth; the phasing on which the funding will be released; the period of time for the completion of the projects; if there are specifications as to the way the money is to be spent, that is amounts appointed for improvement to housing stock, new housing stock, green spaces, road improvements and community facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17165/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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This year my Department is providing €2 million to Dundalk Town Council to support on-going regeneration projects in the town. The masterplan for the regeneration of the Cox's Demesne area of Dundalk, which is expected to be finalised shortly, will provide for a multi-annual programme of investment in the physical and social regeneration of the area and will involve the demolition, construction and refurbishment of properties together with investment in social and community infrastructure and the integration of the estate within the wider area.

In advance of the completion of the masterplan, the Council, with the support of my Department, is progressing a programme of preparatory and amenity works, social inclusion activities and estate-wide energy efficiency improvements. Some €1.546 million was recouped to the Council in respect of works carried out in 2011 and 2012. The next phase of works will comprise the strategic demolition of a number of dwellings and the construction of some new dwellings, the upgrading of a number existing dwellings and the provision of improved access and community facilities.

Publication of the masterplan will inform future decisions with the regard to the projects and programmes to be funded under my Department’s national regeneration programme.