Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase 2015 funding, for local authority housing grants for the disabled; and for housing aid for older people. [6965/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Last year, exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I am pleased to be in a position to increase that funding by some 10% in 2015 to €40.4 million; individual allocations to local authorities will be made shortly.

Through careful management of my Department's housing budget in 2014, additional funds were made available to local authorities with high levels of grant activity under this scheme. The same scrutiny will be applied to the capital budget for 2015 and, in the event of savings arising, opportunities will be examined to reallocate funds accordingly.