Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved for Cork County Council to purchase housing, under Part V of the planning process in respect of an estate (details supplied) in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department is in discussions with Cork County Council in relation to the purchase of social housing arising from the Part V provisions and a decision in this matter will be made as soon as possible.

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been approved for disability works on council houses in Limerick city and county; when Limerick City and County Council will be notified of this; the reason for the delay in notifying the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18544/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The administration of the grants is a matter for individual local authorities.

My Department has received proposals in relation to this scheme for 2015 from each local authority which are currently being examined with a view to allocating funding to each authority, including Limerick City & County Council, as soon as possible.