Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the LIHAF funding will be made available in view of the fact that south County Kildare needs funding for a new bridge. [49474/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016 and 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. Three of the approved projects were in County Kildare at Maynooth, Naas and Sallins.

As part of Budget 2018, I announced an additional €50 million funding which will be available for a second LIHAF call and which will again be subject to matching funding of 25% by local authorities. This capital funding will facilitate the provision of more public infrastructure to unlock further sites and activate more housing supply.  

A further call for proposals under LIHAF is likely early in 2018 and it will be open to all local authorities to submit new projects or resubmit previous unsuccessful projects for consideration at that time.