130 Mr. Cullimore asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money which has been spent to date on (a) public and (b) private Wexford urban renewal schemes.

In so far as my Department is directly concerned, between 1989 and 1991 urban renewal grants of £339,000 were paid to Wexford Corporation towards the cost of environmental improvement works in and around areas designated under the urban renewal scheme. These grants were supplemented by funds from the local authority's own resources.