James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 935: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38026/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing Adaptation Grant Scheme for Older People and People with a Disability is administered by the local authorities and all matters relating to compliance with the terms and conditions of the scheme, the processing and approval of applications and the payment of grants to individual applicants are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.

The initial 2009 combined allocation in respect of the grant schemes to Longford County Council, incorporating the Exchequer contribution and the co-funding provided by the Council, amounted to €727,500, an increase of almost 14% on the 2008 initial allocation of €638,820. Following an evaluation of the ongoing level of demand for grants, the level of expenditure to date and the capacity of local authorities to process and approve additional applications in the current year, I approved a supplementary allocation of approximately €12.5 million to some twenty eight local authorities on 12 October, 2009. The combined supplementary allocation for Longford County Council is €523,500.