Written answers

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Housing Aid for the Elderly

9:00 pm

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that have written to his Department requesting further funds for the delivery of the housing adaption grant for people with a disability scheme, the mobility aids housing grant scheme and the housing aid for older people scheme; the local authorities which have applied; the responses his Department has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33319/08]

Photo of Michael FinneranMichael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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In May 2008 my Department made a combined capital allocation of €71.4 million available to local authorities for the operation of the Housing Adaptation Grant schemes for Older People and People with a Disability in private houses in 2008. Individual allocations were notified to local authorities based on their estimated requirements as notified to my Department on expenditure trends in recent years. The high level of publicity surrounding the revised grant schemes since their launch in November 2007 has led to an increased level of activity being experienced by local authorities this year.

Requests have been received from a number of local authorities for supplementary allocations in respect of the Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes and the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Schemes. In response to the particularly high levels of activity under the revised schemes experienced in 2008 by certain local authorities, my Department recently made supplementary Exchequer allocations totalling €3.6 million towards the operation of these schemes this year. This information is set out in the following table.

The issue of a further round of supplementary allocations to other local authorities will be considered in the event of further funding becoming available. My Department has re-emphasised to local authorities the importance of prioritisation in assessing grant applications given the level of activity being experienced nationally.

Initial Allocation 2008 (Exchequer +L.A. Contribution)Request for Supplementary AllocationSupplementary Allocation 2008 (Exchequer)
Carlow County Council1,191,450Y
Cavan County Council1,150,890Y300,000
Clare County Council1,308,060Y500,000
Cork County Council Nth1,962,090Y
Cork County Council Sth2,545,140Y
Cork County Council West1,008,930Y
Donegal County Council4,248,660
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council1,896,180Y350,000
Fingal County Council1,576,770
Galway County Council1,820,130Y300,000
Kerry County Council2,590,770Y
Kildare County Council1,642,680
Kilkenny County Council816,270Y
Laois County Council1,678,000Y
Leitrim County Council1,571,700
Limerick County Council1,551,420Y
Longford County Council638,820Y
Louth County Council1,815,060Y
Mayo County Council2,484,300Y350,000
Meath County Council2,418,390Y
Monaghan County Council1,911,390Y250,000
North Tipperary County Council1,571,700Y300,000
Offaly County Council1,292,910
Roscommon County Council1,678,170Y350,000
Sligo County Council491,790Y300,000
South Dublin County Council3,990,090Y
South Tipperary County Council1,343,550Y
Waterford County Council1,500,000Y
Westmeath County Council1,460,160Y
Wexford County Council2,043,210Y300,000
Wicklow County Council1,079,910Y
Cork City Council1,855,620Y
Dublin City Council12,639,510
Galway City Council1,049,490Y300,000
Limerick City Council714,870Y
Waterford City Council451,230Y
Sligo Borough Council415,740
TOTAL71,405,0503,600,000

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