Written answers
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Grant Payments
8:00 pm
Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation, including top up, under the aid to the elderly scheme and the disabled person's grant scheme in 2008; the amount that will be allocated to each local authority in 2009 under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/09]
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount, including additional payments, paid to each local authority in 2008 under the home adaptation scheme; the amount that has been allocated to each local authority in 2009; the amount that has actually been paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/09]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 52 together.
The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. In the case of the old Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes, these were funded by 67% recoupment available from my Department together with a 33% contribution from the resources of the local authority.
In May 2008, my Department made an initial combined (Exchequer and local authority) allocation of €71.4 million for the operation of the grant schemes. In addition, to take account of significantly increased levels of activity under the grant schemes experienced by local authorities, supplementary Exchequer allocations totalling €15 million were made in September, October and December 2008. Therefore, taking account also of the local authority contribution associated with the €15m in supplementary Exchequer allocations, total expenditure in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability and the Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes, in 2008, amounted to €94.9 million, representing an increase of almost €24 million over the corresponding expenditure in 2007.
This level of funding supported the carrying out of adaptation and improvement works to over 12,000 vulnerable households in 2008, an increase of some 2,500 over those assisted in 2007. I am including in the Official Report the following tabular statement setting out the total amounts recouped by my Department to each local authority in respect of each grant scheme in 2008.
As regards funding for 2009, my Department has been in regular contact with all local authorities on a range of relevant issues including the levels of activity experienced under the schemes in 2008, the levels of claims on hand, the degree to which prioritisation of applications has taken place and the anticipated levels of activity in 2009.
In view of the anticipated high levels of demand under the schemes once again this year, I am conscious of the need for local authorities to be able to deploy available resources as early as possible in order to maximise their impact for households availing of the schemes. Therefore, local authorities will be notified of their capital allocations in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, immediately following the publication of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2009.
As in previous years, it will be a matter for each local authority to decide on the specific level of funding to be directed towards each of the schemes, from within the combined allocation notified to them by my Department, and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within this allocation.
Local Authority | Total Recoupment by D/EHLG 2008 | Disabled Persons Grant 2008 Recoupment | Essential Repairs Grant 2008 Recoupment | Housing Grant Disability 2008 Recoupment | Mobility Aids Grant 2008 Recoupment | Housing Aid Older People 2008 Recoupment |
€ | € | € | € | € | € | |
Carlow County Council | 1,534,923 | 709,232 | 457,124 | 39,183 | 24,778 | 304,606 |
Cavan County Council | 1,568,060 | 652,764 | 560,652 | 273,096 | 3,148 | 78,400 |
Clare County Council | 2,100,790 | 1,272,775 | 200,838 | 273,467 | 37,181 | 316,529 |
Cork County Council | 5,784,957 | 2,266,686 | 1,569,199 | 734,769 | 169,903 | 1,044,400 |
Donegal County Council | 3,112,498 | 1,328,573 | 1,103,520 | 144,482 | 58,967 | 476,956 |
Dún Laoghaire/R.down Co. Council | 1,692,890 | 939,414 | 49,001 | 535,130 | 24,166 | 145,179 |
Fingal County Council | 1,331,236 | 558,256 | 27,607 | 396,191 | 37,377 | 311,805 |
Galway County Council | 1,671,884 | 989,265 | 682,619 | — | — | — |
Kerry County Council | 2,320,709 | 1,483,790 | 668,385 | 19,049 | 37,508 | 111,977 |
Kildare County Council | 1,822,582 | 1,124,593 | 630,752 | 60,277 | 6,960 | — |
Kilkenny County Council | 596,350 | 366,036 | 22,511 | 48,000 | 2,384 | 157,419 |
Laois County Council | 1,829,228 | 961,983 | 468,514 | 249,058 | 35,112 | 114,561 |
Leitrim County Council | 1,310,551 | 622,566 | 422,683 | 75,989 | 17,992 | 171,321 |
Limerick County Council | 1,190,035 | 684,506 | 145,070 | 152,654 | 100,765 | 107,040 |
Longford County Council | 966,847 | 493,183 | 155,842 | 41,962 | 61,317 | 214,543 |
Louth County Council | 2,030,581 | 1,710,971 | 149,356 | 35,745 | 10,344 | 124,165 |
Mayo County Council | 2,011,125 | 778,493 | 658,825 | 62,843 | 180,996 | 329,968 |
Meath County Council | 3,283,476 | 2,321,715 | 961,761 | — | — | — |
Monaghan County Council | 1,470,218 | 782,757 | 233,272 | 314,097 | 21,269 | 118,823 |
North Tipperary County Council | 1,432,124 | 1,042,378 | 190,933 | 47,690 | 80,613 | 70,510 |
Offaly County Council | 993,344 | 964,743 | 28,601 | — | — | — |
Roscommon County Council | 1,579,457 | 846,869 | 666,669 | 5,474 | 11,959 | 48,486 |
Sligo County Council | 493,490 | 192,701 | 73,934 | 91,022 | 21,650 | 114,183 |
South Dublin County Council | 2,975,713 | 1,985,864 | 602,595 | 212,269 | 26,806 | 148,179 |
South Tipperary County Council | 1,358,885 | 705,142 | 100,098 | 373,018 | 155,686 | 24,941 |
Waterford County Council | 1,690,822 | 210,227 | 129,076 | 855,040 | 27,428 | 469,051 |
Westmeath County Council | 1,361,958 | 708,823 | 195,549 | 277,899 | 10,689 | 168,998 |
Wexford County Council | 1,656,321 | 687,782 | 333,199 | 374,487 | 100,008 | 160,845 |
Wicklow County Council | 1,416,332 | 935,036 | 164,523 | 164,021 | 68,437 | 84,315 |
Cork City Council | 1,546,070 | 906,648 | — | 394,410 | 24,361 | 220,651 |
Dublin City Council | 9,227,259 | 7,254,533 | 611,911 | 946,410 | 31,904 | 382,501 |
Galway City Council | 922,136 | 573,055 | 93,845 | 227,433 | 27,803 | — |
Limerick City Council | 791,513 | 442,075 | — | 263,809 | 21,069 | 64,560 |
Waterford City Council | 481,126 | 237,160 | 6,353 | — | — | 237,613 |
Sligo Borough Council | 300,894 | 138,772 | 14,262 | 47,240 | 4,232 | 96,388 |
Total | 65,856,384 | 37,879,366 | 12,379,079 | 7,736,214 | 1,442,812 | 6,418,913 |
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