Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount each local authority sought in 2009 in housing adaptation mobility aids and essential repairs grants; the amount allocated to each local authority; the amount each local authority had to provide in matching funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20994/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's involvement with the 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 the old 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.

The total estimated demand by local authorities for the operation of the new Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability and the old Disabled Persons Grant and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes in 2009 is approximately €147 million. This estimate includes applications that have been received as eligible, as well as applications not yet assessed and the projected intake of new applications during the year.

Details of the total estimated demand, the combined exchequer/local authority allocations and local authority own-resources contributions for 2009 are set out in the following table: