Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to local authorities who request same in order to respond to the large number of applicants for housing adaption grants in respect of people with disability and older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24293/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Allocations totalling €79.562 million were notified to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grant Scheme for Older People and People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and the old Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs Grant Schemes on 7 May 2009. These allocations represent an 11.4% increase on the initial allocation for 2008.

At this stage I do not envisage making further allocations to local authorities in 2009. However, I intend to 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.