Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress report for east County Sligo and Cranmore invariant remaster plan; the funding drawn down to date; the planned timeline for its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48468/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Masterplan for the Cranmore area was launched in December 2016 and sets out the high level priorities and objectives to be achieved and the range of physical, social and economic projects that will achieve these objectives. The estimated cost of the programme is €75.6m comprising €42m exchequer funding and €33.6m through private sector development. My Department has committed €20m funding for a physical and social programme of works and it is open to the Council to pursue funding from other Government Departments to achieve the €42m exchequer spend.

A key element of the regeneration programme is the upgrading of the housing stock in the Cranmore Estate at an estimated cost of €8.6m. The first tranche involving works to 96 homes received funding approval in October 2019, at a cost of €4.4m. Sligo County Council aim to be on site in the coming weeks.

Alongside this, the upgrade works to the junction of Devins Drive/Cranmore Road, the provision of Pedestrian/Bicycle Link to Chapel Hill and the refurbishment of void properties are among the elements of the Physical Regeneration programme, as is the construction of a new Community Centre. The Masterplan includes initiatives aimed at the local residents and community, such as an Education and Learning Strategy, Community Safety Taskforce while the three underpinning strategies of the Social Plan are Arts and Culture, Community Development and Youth Work along with Interagency Engagement and Collaboration.

Since the launch of the Masterplan the Council has drawn down €4.6m and prior to that, my Department had invested over €23.5m in a number of strategic initiatives across the regeneration area, bringing the total spend to date to €28.1m.