Written answers
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
5:00 pm
Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the average waiting time for local authority tenants who are due to get a home extension on medical grounds; the criteria used in deciding which applicants are prioritised on these lists; if such extensions are funded from housing capital grants for the relevant year; if his Department or each individual council decides how much or the percentage of the housing fund that will be spent on these extensions; the average waiting time for applicants who live in the Dublin city council local authority area; and his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 where the person has been on the waiting list for an extension since 2007 [43439/10]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Decisions in relation to the matters in question, including criteria for prioritisation, are entirely a matter for each local authority and information on the average waiting time is not collected by my Department. Such extensions are funded from authorities Internal Capital Receipts (ICRs). In addition, having regard to the decline in the overall availability of ICRs, my Department's 2010 housing capital allocation to local authorities, published on www.environ.ie, includes an allocation in respect of Improvement Works In Lieu (IWILs) /Extensions/Disabled Persons Extensions programmes in order to assist local authorities in undertaking such extensions. Dublin City Council received an allocation of â¬1,750,000 for 2010 for such works.
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