John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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2029. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been drawn down to date further to the announcement of the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the particular lands and developments this funding relates to; the funding he expects to be drawn down in the remainder of 2017; the particular lands and developments this relates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38207/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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On 28th March 2017, funding was announced for 34 projects under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF). The total cost of these projects is €226.5 million, of which €169.7 million would be funded from the Exchequer under LIHAF with local authorities funding the remaining €56.8 million.

No drawdown of funding can occur until grant agreements between my Department and local authorities have been signed.  

Local authorities are continuing to work with developers with a view to finalising agreements in relation to LIHAF.  My Department has informed local authorities that the final deadline for the receipt of any outstanding documentation, including details of the local agreements between local authorities and developers, is 15th September.  I intend to review all documentation relating to each of the projects considered for formal approval with the aim of proceeding to signing Grant Agreements with Local Authorities as soon as possible thereafter.  This will enable drawdown of funding to begin later this year.

The full list of approved projects, together with brief descriptions and the projected housing yield for each site, is available on my Department's website at the following link: .