Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a delegation from Clare County Council together with the four Clare Deputies to discuss the funding for the housing adaptation grant for the elderly and for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25180/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The administration of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability is a matter for individual local authorities. My Department made a combined capital allocation to all local authorities on 21 May for the operation of the Schemes in private houses in 2008. It is a matter for each local authority to decide on the level of funding to be provided for each of the Schemes, from within the combined allocation notified to them by my Department and to manage the operation of the schemes from within this allocation. I have already received separate representations requesting a meeting with Clare County Council in relation to these grant schemes and this will take place shortly.