Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 861: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the new scheme of grants for housing adaptation for people with a disability whereby those who live in voluntary housing association schemes can not qualify because the income taken into account is the income of the owner, the housing association, rather than the person living in the house; if he will address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Eligibility under the Housing Adaptation Grant scheme for People with a Disability and the Mobility Aids Housing Grant scheme is determined on the basis of gross household income, i.e. the income of the property owner, or tenant in the case of rented accommodation and where a tenancy agreement is in place, and his/her spouse, if applicable, in the previous tax year, in line with the conditions set down in the Housing (Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability) Regulations 2007.

Grants may therefore be paid, where appropriate, in respect of adaptation works to be carried out to accommodation provided under the voluntary housing Capital Assistance and Capital Loan and Subsidy Schemes.

In addition, in accordance with best practice, approved housing bodies typically have in place a sinking fund in order to meet expenditure arising in respect of maintenance, repair and minor adaptation works to their housing stock.