Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon [35960/10]

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.

It is a matter for each local authority to decide on the specific level of funding to be directed to each of the various grant measures from within the allocations notified to them by my Department and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within their allocation. It is the responsibility of the local authority to determine the eligibility of applicants for assistance under the grant schemes and the amount of grant to be paid to individual applicants.