Darragh O'Brien (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available to persons registered disabled, to provide burglar alarm systems for their houses, in order to improve security; and the person who is responsible for administering these grants. [28590/07]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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There are no grants available from my Department for the provision of burglar alarm systems. However, the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs manages the Scheme of Community Support for Older People, under which funding can be provided for a range of measures aimed at improving the security of older people, including the once-off cost of installing socially-monitored alarms and a range of other physical security measures. Under the terms of my Department's new Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, administered by the local authorities, grants are available for a range of works that are reasonably necessary for the purposes of rendering the house more suitable for the accommodation of a person with a disability. These works may potentially include the installation of electronic assistive technologies such as reactive emergency alarm and monitoring systems.