Written answers
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Unfinished Housing Developments
Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be allocated for unfinished estates to be completed, particularly in Bundoran in County Donegal and in Bailieborough in County Cavan; and if he will ensure these estates will be included in the next tranche of funding. [35178/15]
Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF was designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not likely to be resolved in the normal way through solely developer/owner/funder action because of the presence of specific financial barriers. On 2 May 2014, allocations from the Special Resolution Fund were announced and 86 developments were approved for funding. The following link contains a list of all developments approved for SRF funding
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There are no plans for a further scheme at this time.
The management and administration of issues relating to unfinished housing developments is a matter for individual local authorities. Each local authority has appointed an Unfinished Housing Development co-ordinator; contact details can be found on the Housing Agency’s website at the following weblink: .
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