Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in cases of tenants in housing owned by social organisations, the person responsible for the adaptation of a house in circumstances where tenants require housing adaptations owing to illness and consequent disablement. [14399/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The management and maintenance of properties owned by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and decisions in relation to adaptations required to meets the needs of individual tenants are, in the first instance, matters for the housing body concerned. The AHB, as the de facto owner of the property, must consent to any adaptations carried out by a tenant. Where feasible, AHBs will endeavour to meet the needs of tenants with a particular disability from within its existing housing stock, part of which may be designed and constructed to meet the needs of persons with specific categories of housing need.

AHBs may themselves adapt properties to meet specific need or, in some instances, tenants may opt to have this work carried out. In accordance with the terms of the grant schemes, an applicant who is a tenant of a rented property must obtain the written consent of the property owner to adapt the property. The grant application must be in the name of the person who will occupy the property as their normal place of residence on completion of the works. In determining grant eligibility, the local authority may consider the duration of the tenancy.