Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received by North Tipperary County Council under the housing aid for older people grant, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids housing grant; the amount of money allocated in respect of each scheme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33266/08]

Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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North Tipperary County Council has received 47 applications under the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, 35 applications under the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and 190 applications under the Housing Aid for Older People Scheme since their introduction on 1 November 2007.

A combined capital allocation of €1,571,700 was made to North Tipperary County Council in May 2008, for the operation of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. It is 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, and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within this allocation. In light of particularly significant levels of demand under these schemes, North Tipperary County Council was recently notified of an additional Exchequer allocation of €300,000 towards the operation of these schemes in 2008.