John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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98. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of the works to be undertaken as part of the Dublin north inner city project. [39047/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Government has committed to implementing the recommendations of Kieran Mulvey's Independent Report on the North East Inner City in full.

As recommended in the report, a number of structures have been put in place to drive forward progress on the actions. These include the Programme Implementation Board comprising statutory, community and business sector led by an Independent chairperson, Michael Stone.

Since its first meeting in June the Board has moved quickly to establish four dedicated sub-groups to focus on the priority areas of crime and drugs; educational, training and employment opportunities; services for families and young people; and physical improvements. The Board is being supported in its work by a Local Programme Office which has been established by Dublin City Council in Sean McDermott Street.

The purpose of each sub-group is to advance the specific actions set out in the Mulvey Report and report monthly to the Programme Implementation Board on progress. This will include developing more detailed measures, where required, to address these actions and recommending/identifying steps to address barriers or issues arising. While this work is ongoing, the Board has agreed a number of proposals across the four priority headings for implementation in 2017 at a cost of €2.5 million. This is in addition to the range of local measures already implemented in 2016 worth about €5 million.