Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the built heritage investment scheme allocation for Knocklofty House, Clonmel, has been returned to his Department. [62209/22]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Under the 2022 Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS), all 31 local authorities were allocated grant funding and asked to nominate awards to a number of heritage projects, for approval by my Department. The project at Knocklofty House was one such project nominated by Tipperary County Council and approved by my Department. As you are aware, officials in my Department were recently informed that the Knocklofty House project will not proceed this year.

Local Authorities are responsible for payment of funds under the BHIS to successful applicants in advance of seeking recoupment from my Department. All works must be completed and certified by the local authority as being in accordance with the terms of the grant award before the applicant can seek the payment of funding.

As the project did not proceed, Tipperary County Council has not submitted a claim in respect of Knocklofty House to my Department.