Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding personal safety alarms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41042/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages and assists the community's support for older people by means of a community-based grant scheme to improve the security of people over 65 years of age. The Scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department.

Grant support is available towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alert systems (pendant alarms) and other items to improve the safety and security of the home (including monitored smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, internal emergency lighting and external security lighting). My Department will contact the relevant local community group operating the scheme on receipt of the applicant's contact details. The local community group will then be in touch with the person referred to, with a view to facilitating an application on the person's behalf.