Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Housing Aid for the Elderly
9:00 pm
Ciarán 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]
Michael 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 Allocation | Supplementary Allocation 2008 (Exchequer) | |
€ | € | ||
Carlow County Council | 1,191,450 | Y | |
Cavan County Council | 1,150,890 | Y | 300,000 |
Clare County Council | 1,308,060 | Y | 500,000 |
Cork County Council Nth | 1,962,090 | Y | |
Cork County Council Sth | 2,545,140 | Y | |
Cork County Council West | 1,008,930 | Y | |
Donegal County Council | 4,248,660 | ||
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council | 1,896,180 | Y | 350,000 |
Fingal County Council | 1,576,770 | ||
Galway County Council | 1,820,130 | Y | 300,000 |
Kerry County Council | 2,590,770 | Y | |
Kildare County Council | 1,642,680 | ||
Kilkenny County Council | 816,270 | Y | |
Laois County Council | 1,678,000 | Y | |
Leitrim County Council | 1,571,700 | ||
Limerick County Council | 1,551,420 | Y | |
Longford County Council | 638,820 | Y | |
Louth County Council | 1,815,060 | Y | |
Mayo County Council | 2,484,300 | Y | 350,000 |
Meath County Council | 2,418,390 | Y | |
Monaghan County Council | 1,911,390 | Y | 250,000 |
North Tipperary County Council | 1,571,700 | Y | 300,000 |
Offaly County Council | 1,292,910 | ||
Roscommon County Council | 1,678,170 | Y | 350,000 |
Sligo County Council | 491,790 | Y | 300,000 |
South Dublin County Council | 3,990,090 | Y | |
South Tipperary County Council | 1,343,550 | Y | |
Waterford County Council | 1,500,000 | Y | |
Westmeath County Council | 1,460,160 | Y | |
Wexford County Council | 2,043,210 | Y | 300,000 |
Wicklow County Council | 1,079,910 | Y | |
Cork City Council | 1,855,620 | Y | |
Dublin City Council | 12,639,510 | ||
Galway City Council | 1,049,490 | Y | 300,000 |
Limerick City Council | 714,870 | Y | |
Waterford City Council | 451,230 | Y | |
Sligo Borough Council | 415,740 | ||
TOTAL | 71,405,050 | 3,600,000 |
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