Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated to South Tipperary County Council every year for the past five years in respect of Housing Aid for the Elderly, Housing Adaption Grants, Mobility Aid Grants, in tabular form. [19635/10]

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. The grant schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority.

The detailed administration of the schemes, including the assessment and approval of applications, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.

Details of the allocations for the period 2006 to 2010, incorporating the Exchequer contribution and the co-funding provided by South Tipperary County Council are set out in the following table.