Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants paid out under the community support for older people scheme for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33501/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Community Support for Older People Scheme is managed by my Department and is administered locally by community and voluntary groups. The Scheme provides grants to support the installation of socially monitored personal alarms, smoke alarms, external lighting and essential items of physical security such as window and door locks and door chains. Interior emergency lighting is funded for qualifying older people living on our offshore islands. The number of grants paid out under scheme for the past three years is set out in the table: