Written answers
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Housing Grants
6:00 pm
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline for both 2010 and 2011 the actual payment to each local authority under the housing adaption grant for older persons with a disability scheme and the housing aid for older persons scheme; the number of applications paid in each case to which the payments to each local authority relate and the amount provided in the estimates of each local authority out of their own funds for their portion in respect of these schemes; if he will provide the estimated allocation for each local authority for 2012; if he will provide the number of applications on hand at the beginning of 2012 for each local authority in relation to each of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13048/12]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context
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 determine how the funding is apportioned between the various grant measures and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within the allocation.
Local authorities are responsible for the administration of the grant schemes and for ensuring that sufficient own resources funding is made available to support these schemes. Details of the amounts of own resources funding and numbers of grant applications on hand for each of the grant measures in each local authority are not available in my Department. Details of the Exchequer allocations to local authorities for 2012 together with information on the overall numbers of grants paid and the total amount of funding recouped by my Department to local authorities in 2010 and 2011 are set out in the table.
Local Authority | 2010 Exchequer Funding | No. of Grants paid | 2011 Exchequer Funding | No. of Grants paid | 2012 Exchequer allocations |
Carlow County Council | €1,442,253 | 205 | €1,491,545 | 252 | €1,079,211 |
Cavan County Council | €1,309,505 | 195 | €1,176,998 | 186 | €1,300,000 |
Clare County Council | €2,729,965 | 443 | €2,864,632 | 510 | €1,156,000 |
Cork County Council | €7,907,231 | 1244 | €5,542,819 | 1108 | €5,000,291 |
Donegal County Council | €2,937,585 | 674 | €747,972 | 330 | €1,958,517 |
Dun Laogh/ Rath Co Council | €1,543,665 | 247 | €809,571 | 153 | €888,482 |
Fingal County Council | €2,077,655 | 298 | €1,822,713 | 262 | €1,657,892 |
Galway County Council | €1,755,390 | 469 | €2,095,830 | 585 | €1,900,000 |
Kerry County Council | €3,335,277 | 742 | €3,592,666 | 774 | €2,606,292 |
Kildare County Council | €3,892,484 | 547 | €2,852,228 | 457 | €1,620,000 |
Kilkenny County Council | €1,525,756 | 300 | €2,107,033 | 380 | €1,494,000 |
Laois County Council | €1,470,201 | 309 | €936,075 | 212 | €867,862 |
Leitrim County Council | €1,061,448 | 186 | €537,493 | 121 | €461,044 |
Limerick County Council | €2,280,186 | 387 | €1,707,454 | 327 | €1,178,764 |
Longford County Council | €1,108,804 | 282 | €929,556 | 0 | €994,860 |
Louth County Council | €2,135,268 | 244 | €964,682 | 151 | €949,012 |
Mayo County Council | €2,923,310 | 848 | €2,278,698 | 640 | €2,060,173 |
Meath County Council | €1,471,324 | 202 | €1,184,941 | 134 | €797,766 |
Monaghan County Council | €1,373,165 | 229 | €1,232,863 | 199 | €921,738 |
North Tipp County Council | €1,630,108 | 244 | €1,313,210 | 196 | €960,000 |
Offaly County Council | €1,762,852 | 163 | €1,405,541 | 132 | €900,000 |
Roscommon County Council | €2,195,962 | 384 | €1,509,695 | 291 | €807,401 |
Sligo County Council | €810,093 | 158 | €810,753 | 153 | €798,147 |
South Dublin County Council | €2,452,393 | 390 | €1,029,555 | 220 | €2,182,647 |
South Tipp County Council | €2,477,713 | 358 | €2,764,132 | 422 | €2,489,371 |
Waterford County Council | €1,559,940 | 217 | €1,147,109 | 168 | €795,813 |
Westmeath County Council | €1,609,193 | 321 | €1,057,843 | 224 | €790,524 |
Wexford County Council | €2,684,425 | 520 | €2,219,617 | 449 | €2,053,418 |
Wicklow County Council | €1,867,337 | 224 | €945,879 | 144 | €763,835 |
Cork City Council | €2,385,188 | 403 | €2,190,333 | 487 | €1,399,793 |
Dublin City Council | €9,174,558 | 1589 | €6,557,159 | 1112 | €8,503,567 |
Galway City Council | €381,975 | 80 | €834,870 | 182 | €742,682 |
Limerick City Council | €2,065,845 | 374 | €1,636,577 | 369 | €1,220,000 |
Waterford City Council | €793,357 | 216 | €700,321 | 152 | €592,225 |
Sligo Borough Council | €523,866 | 115 | €322,465 | 67 | €308,675 |
TOTALS | €78,655,279 | 13,807 | €61,320,829 | 11,787 | €54,200,000 |
No comments