Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the previously announced and outlined inner and outer relief road for Naas, County Kildare which was not approved by Kildare County Council; if adjustments have been made in the interim period in accordance with the wishes of local interests; the expected progress on the project in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8816/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In order to support the costs associated with its intended construction of a Naas Inner Relief Road, in October 2017 Kildare County Council was approved for exchequer grant funding of up to €4,500,000 under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF). LIHAF funding supports the provision of infrastructure to facilitate residential land banks and allow for the delivery of housing thereafter.

Kildare County Council has confirmed to my Department that a Part 8 planning application for this road was rejected by the Council in mid-2019 and has confirmed that this LIHAF project will now not proceed.

No further proposals have been received by my Department in this regard.