Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a small local authority housing project in Kells, County Meath, which was due to go to tender in 2016, has been delayed. [28476/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Local authority housing construction projects require careful consideration and planning, and their advancement through the various phases of development is in the first instance a matter for the proposing local authority. With regard to the project referred to by the Deputy, my Department is working closely with Meath County Council on various aspects of the design of the project, with a view to having the project advanced as soon as possible.

I am advised that Meath County Council will be submitting a further submission on the project shortly, which my Department will review and revert to the Council, as a matter of urgency.