Written answers

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Housing Aid for the Elderly

10:00 pm

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate extra funding to pay grants under the housing aid for older people, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the essential repairs grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21386/09]

Photo of Michael FinneranMichael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Allocations totalling €79.562 million for 2009 were notified to local authorities under 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 11.4% increase on the initial allocations for 2008. At this stage, I do not envisage making further allocations to local authorities in respect of the operation of these schemes in 2009. However, I will review the funding position later in the year, in the event of any under-spend by local authorities of their allocations for the grant schemes or other allocations under the wider social housing investment programme.

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