Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to South Tipperary County Council to operate the housing aid for the elderly grant and the housing adaption grant for people with disabilities; the number of articles facilitated under the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22014/08]

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated by his Department to a county council (details supplied) for the funding of the disabled persons grant for the past five years; the amount of money to be allocated in 2008 for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22094/08]

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated by his Department to a county council (details supplied) for the funding of the disabled persons grant for the past five years; the amount of money to be allocated in 2008 for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22095/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 411, 418 and 419 together.

The combined capital allocations notified to South Tipperary County Council, Offaly County Council and Laois County Council for the payment of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, in 2008, are as follows:

These allocations, notified to local authorities in May 2008, do not represent capital grants, but the total amount which authorities are authorised to spend on the Schemes in the year in which the allocation is made.

The combined expenditure under the Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes by Offaly County Council and Laois County Council for the past five years is set out in the table below:

The most recent information received from South Tipperary County Council regarding activity under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability indicates that 15 approvals have been made under the Housing Adaptation Grant Scheme for People with a Disability.