John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of successful applications for housing aid for the elderly made to local authorities in Waterford City and County in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the amount spent under this scheme in Waterford City and County in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47809/10]

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.

Details of the amounts recouped to Waterford County Council and to Waterford City Council in respect of the grant schemes for the period 2005 to 2009 and to date in 2010, together with information on the numbers of grants paid, are set out in the tables below. Waterford County Council

Waterford City Council

The data for 2005, 2006 and 2007 relate only to the now discontinued Disabled Persons Grant and Essential Repairs Grant which were replaced by the new suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability on 1 November 2007.