asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in making a financial allocation available for the provision of a new housing scheme at Kilrush, Dungarvan, County Waterford, as requested by Dungarvan UDC.

Dungarvan Urban District Council's request for a capital allocation to finance their 26 house scheme at Kilrush must be considered in the context of the amount of capital available for the local authority housing construction programme, the number of such schemes in progress at the present time and the relative priority rating of the scheme. I cannot say when I will be in a position to convey a decision on the application to the county council.

I would like to inform the Minister that it is not the county council who are involved but Dungarvan District Council. Can the Minister give me a guarantee that there will be a financial allocation for those houses in 1980?

I am not giving any guarantees but I can assure the Deputy it will be looked into very favourably.

Is the Minister aware that tenders for this housing scheme were received six months ago, that several hundred people in Dungarvan town are waiting for housing and that there are only six houses in this scheme? The money being sought is quite minimal in regard to the number of applicants.

It is being looked into and will get favourable consideration.

When does the Minister expect to be able to let us know the financial allocations?

In due course.