Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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1019. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding housing alterations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22007/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of the works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%.

On 28 May 2015, I announced funding of €11m for such local authority house adaptations and extensions. Dublin City Council received an allocation of Exchequer funding of € 984,061, a significant increase on the equivalent allocation in 2014 of € 446,161. The administration of this funding locally is a matter for each local authority, including decisions in relation to the projects to be implemented.