Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated in 2005 from his Department to Kerry County Council for the disabled person's grant and essential repairs grant schemes; the way in which this level of funding compares with each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24501/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Kerry County Council was notified of a combined capital allocation of €1.76 million for the payment of disabled person's and essential repairs grants for 2005. Allocations to Kerry County Council over the previous three years are contained in the following table.

The 2002 allocation represented a combined allocation in respect of house purchase and improvement loans and the disabled persons' and essential repairs grants schemes. To date, a combined allocation of €70 million has been notified to local authorities for the payment of disabled person's and essential repairs grants in 2005. It is a matter for the authorities to decide on the level of funding to be provided for the schemes in their areas from within the allocations notified to them.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons for the first-time home buyer's grant who have not yet received payment; the numbers in this circumstance on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24502/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Additional information and documentation has been requested and is still awaited by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on applications for the first-time buyer's grant, as set out in the following tabular statement: