Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 December 2025
453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 30 September 2025, to list the aspects of the Ballymun regeneration project were uncompleted as of the end of 2013, when the project was "largely completed," and those which remain incomplete today. [71223/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provided funding to Dublin City Council and Ballymun Regeneration Limited to implement the Ballymun regeneration project.
My Department’s oversight of the regeneration projects at this location was concerned with general progress on the overall programme and it continually liaised with Dublin City Council and Ballymun Regeneration Limited on the strategic approach and general phasing of works. This ensured that the project progressed on a sustainable basis, particularly having regard to general budgetary constraints and with a view to achieving its original intended outcomes for the community in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.
Dublin City Council advise that the substantial programme, which included 24 projects, is now complete. Approximately €972 million was spent on the programme, €775.3 million of which was recouped by my Department. Since construction started in 2000, this significant investment resulted in almost 2,000 new replacement homes being constructed for residents of the original flat blocks and an additional 1,350 homes in the area being provided via private sector investment.
Dublin City Council also advise that the physical element of the project was completed as of the end of 2013. However, my Department continued to provide social regeneration funding for community initiatives in Ballymun up to and including 2020. With the physical element of the project complete, it was not possible to continue to provide funding for the social regeneration programme indefinitely from my Department’s Exchequer allocations.
Taking account of this, the Exchequer element decreased annually by 25% from 2016 to 2020 by agreement between DCC Chief Executive and the Secretary General in my Department in 2016, with the shortfall being made up by Dublin City Council so that the overall level of support for the programme was not affected.
Accordingly, social and community initiatives in Ballymun have been fully funded by Dublin City Council since 2021.
The project plans for an individual development are a matter for the relevant local authority, in this case Dublin City Council. My Department does not hold information relating to uncompleted aspects of this project.
