Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available from his Department through the local authority for a person who has multiple mortgages and is up-to-date with repayments, and whose house is uninhabitable and in need of urgent repairs. [22637/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Support provided by my Department in respect of refurbishment or adaptations to houses are primarily in respect of social housing. In the case of private houses, the main programme of support funded by my Department is via the local authorities and is focussed on house adaptations for older people and people with a disability.

The suite of grants under Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability has the objective of facilitating the continued independent occupancy of their own homes by older people and people with a disability. It assists people with a disability to have necessary adaptations, repairs or improvement works carried out to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs; assistance for older people living in poor housing conditions to have necessary repairs or improvements carried out; and grants to address the mobility problems of a member of a household.

As these schemes are administered at local level, further enquiries-applications should be directed to the relevant local authority.