Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the grant approved to Laois County Council in 2011 under the housing adaption grant scheme, the mobility aid grant scheme, the housing aid for older people grant scheme, and for house purchase loans for works in lieu of local authority housing, social housing, rural dwellings, and Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Laois County Council have been allocated the following grants for social housing purposes in 2011, i.e.,

Local Authority Social Housing €1,000,000

Capital Assistance Scheme €100,000

Traveller Accommodation €200,000

Improvements/Remedial/

Energy Efficiency €600,000

The projected spend on the Social Housing Leasing Initiative, including the Rental Accommodation Scheme, is just over €1.4m.

The suite of Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability 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, approval of applications and the level of funding to be directed to each of the various grant measures is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.

The 2011 Exchequer allocation to Laois County Council in respect of these grant schemes is €900,000.