Written answers
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Provision
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a housing development in County Kildare (details supplied); if the local authority have advanced in its attempts to upgrade the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11881/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Kildare County Council recently presented a proposal to my Department to support a new AHB/approved housing body to take responsibility for the housing development in question and last week, my Department confirmed funding approval for the necessary works to restore and re-tenant the housing.
I look forward to these homes being brought back into productive use to provide secure and comfortable accommodation for the intended residents. Further details on the advancement of these works will be available directly from the Council.
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with the provision of social housing at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Kildare County Council made a proposal to my Department, in conjunction with an approved housing body (AHB), for the development of age-friendly homes on the site referred to in the question.
Stage 2/Pre-Planning approval on this project was confirmed to the Council by my Department in April 2022 and I understand that planning permission was granted for the proposed development in August 2023. I further understand from Kildare County Council that the AHB is finalising the detailed design and tender documentation, with a Stage 3 / Pre-Tender proposal anticipated in Q2 2024.
Further details on the advancement of the project will be available directly from the Council and I have assured the Council and AHB that funding is in place to support its earliest possible advancement.
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