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ALMOST €24.5 million has been allocated to support the 2008 social housing programme in Clare, with €2 million going to Traveller-spe- cific accommodation in the year.
The 2008 allocation represents a €2 million increase on the figure provided to Clare Local Authorities last year.
The biggest share of the funding will go to the local authority hous- ing programme which has been al- located €18 million with a further €4.25 million going to improvement works.
Welcoming the increased alloca- tion, Clare Minister of State, Tony Killeen said the money will enable the local authority to continue with its house-building programmes
which delivered approximately 120 starts and completions in 2007.
“The county also has an ambitious programme of improvement works relating to existing local author- ity estates with extensive works to be undertaken in John Paul Estate, Kilrush and Inis Eagla in Shannon amongst others. The allocation for this work has almost tripled to €4.2 million,” he said.
“An allocation of €150,000 has also been made to Ennis Town Council for the completion of its central heating programme. Under this programme, the Department of the Environment provides co-fund- ing for the installation of modern central heating systems into local authority houses. Priority continues to be given to installations for older people,” the minister concluded.