Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided to Meath County Council for housing adaptation grants as a result of the announcements made in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52137/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Estimates provision of €28.6m in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million in additional funding for this measure, giving an overall provision in 2014 of €38.6 million, some €4.3 million more than the initial Exchequer allocation in 2013. The increased allocation will facilitate the payment of more than 7,800 grants to assist older people and people with disabilities to remain at home for longer. I intend to announce details of the capital allocations to local authorities early in 2014.