Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been allocated to the Health Service Executive for the housing aid for the elderly scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme is currently administered by a Task Force under the aegis of my Department and operated at a local level by the Health Service Executive. In 2007 a total of €19.132 million was allocated to the HSE for the operation of the scheme nationally. The allocation for 2008 will be determined shortly in the light of the number of applications and the existing level of grant commitments within the HSE regions.