Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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674. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when local authorities will receive funding under the structures at risk fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13673/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Structures at Risk Fund enables conservation works to heritage structures in both private and public ownership, which are protected under the Planning and Development Acts and are deemed to be at significant risk of deterioration.  Structures must be on the local authority Record of Protected Structures. The fund, administered through the local authorities, supported 57 projects nationally in 2016. It seeks to encourage the regeneration and reuse of heritage properties and to help to secure the preservation of protected structures which might otherwise be lost.

Applications from members of the public for the 2017 Structures at Risk Fund were accepted in local authorities throughout the month of February and have now closed. Each local authority can select up to three applications and submit to my Department for assessment by an expert panel. It is expected that the panel will meet before the end of this month and successful applicants will be notified by their local authority shortly thereafter.

The Circular setting out the terms and conditions for the Structures at Risk Fund 2017 is available on all local authority websites, and on my Department’s website. Any enquiries should be directed to the relevant local authority.