Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to grants in respect of improvements for the elderly in view of the fact that funding has not been available from Wicklow County Council for some time (details supplied); if funding will be made available as funding is not available in Wicklow County Council for new applications; when new applications will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Allocations totalling €79.562 million for 2009 were notified to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability and the old Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes on 7 May 2009. These allocations represent an increase of 11.4% on the initial allocations for 2008. The 2009 allocation to Wicklow County Council amounts to €1,230,000 compared to an initial allocation of €1,079,910 in 2008, an increase of almost 14%. The administration of the grant schemes and decisions on individual applications are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.