Written answers

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Security of the Elderly

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been denied an alarm pendant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/14]

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for the setting up the criteria for eligibility of an alarm pendant in repect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38100/14]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 552 and 555 together.

As Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, I am responsible for setting the terms and conditions of the Seniors Alert Scheme, which are designed to guide its operation, to ensure optimum outcomes and to ensure that public funds are properly applied.

My Department manages the Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department.

I understand that the person in question was in contact with my Department recently and they were given the contact details for a local community group. My Department will process their application for a monitored personal alarm as soon as it is received.

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