John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if persons who are over 80 and not in receipt of an old age pension are entitled to a security pendant through their local alert under the community support for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22323/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Scheme of Community Support for Older People encourages and assists the community's support for older people by means of a community based grant scheme to improve the security of its older members. The scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department.

The scheme is open to people aged 65 and over who have a genuine need for assistance under this scheme.

Maximum individual grants are provided under the scheme as follows:

—€300 in respect of the once-off installation cost of socially monitored alarms

—€200 in respect of physical security equipment

—€200 in respect of security lighting

—€50 in respect of smoke alarms

—€150 in respect of interior emergency lighting for qualifying older people living on our offshore islands.