Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other relevant bodies to bring forward proposals for new urban regeneration measures chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy English, has met; and if so, the timeframe for publishing proposals on urban regeneration. [26545/16]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for a Partnership Government, published in May 2016, sets out the ambitious priority attached to urban regeneration by the Government, incorporating a series of specific actions aimed at facilitating the regeneration of our urban centres, many of which have been adversely impacted by our recent economic difficulties. The Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness – Rebuilding Ireland, published in July 2016, further reinforces the Government’s commitment to the area of urban regeneration.

In this context, a Working Group, which I chair, comprising of senior representatives from my Department, local authorities and other relevant bodies , has been established to bring forward proposals for new urban regeneration measures by the end of the year. It is intended that the new measures will complement the existing regeneration programme under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Programme, as well as other social regeneration initiatives already under way.

The inaugural meeting of the Working Group took place on 15 June last with a second meeting scheduled for tomorrow, 28 September, at which it is intended that the work programme for the formulation of proposals on new urban regeneration measures with specified timeframes will be agreed.