Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of grants awarded respectively under each of the grants available under the housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people with a disability in each of the years since November 2007; the total amount allocated to local authorities by his Department for these schemes in each of these years broken down by local authority; the total amount in matching funds by local authorities in each of these years with a breakdown by local authority where these figures are readily available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9489/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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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. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority.

Details of the number of grants paid each year are set out in Table 1. Details of the level of Exchequer funding provided to each Local Authority in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, together with the level of Local Authorit y funds provided in each case over the period 2007 – 2012, are set out at Table 2.

Table 1 – Number of Grants paid under each measure

Table 2 – Exchequer and Local Authority Funding 2007 - 2012