Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the allocation to local authorities of funding for the housing adaptation grant and the mobility aid grant; if his attention has been drawn to the need for the allocation to be made without further delay in view of the fact that local authorities are not permitted to carry out works until funding has been allocated; when the funding will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/09]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 26 February 2009 if he will provide revised figures based on the new book of estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16389/09]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding for the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16593/09]

P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be provided by his Department to Cork County Council in order that a person (details supplied) in County Cork, an applicant for the housing aid for older people grant with Cork County Council can complete the necessary repairs to their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16630/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 374, 375, 383 and 384 together.

My Department's involvement with the new Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. In the case of Disabled Persons' and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes, these are funded by 67% recoupments together with a 33% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The detailed administration of these schemes, including the assessment and approval of individual applications, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority. Following the recent publication of the Revised Estimates for Public Expenditure 2009, Local Authorities will shortly be notified of their allocations under the schemes in question.