Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Clare County Council to operate the housing adaptation grant for the elderly and the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities; the number of applicants facilitated under both schemes to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19398/08]

Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received for grant aid (details supplied) by North Tipperary County Council; the amount of grant aid issued to date to applicants since the schemes were introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 568 and 587 together.

The most recent information received from Clare County Council and North Tipperary County Council regarding activity under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, is set out below.

The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department, together with 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. Notification of the combined capital allocations for 2008 in respect of all of the Schemes will shortly issue to local authorities. It is then a matter for local authorities to decide on the specific level of funding to be directed towards each of the Schemes, from within the combined allocation notified to them by my Department, and to manage the operation of the Schemes in their area from within this allocation.