Written answers

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Department of Social Protection

Water Conservation Grant

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of water conservation grants her department has administered to date. [33174/15]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department of Social Protection is administering the Water Conservation Grant on behalf of the Department of Environment, Community, and Local Government. The 2015 application period opened on 19 August 2015. The closing date for applications is 8 October 2015. As of noon on 28 September 2015, just over 500,000 grant applications had been made.

Water Conservation Grant payments of €100 were made to 156,249 householders on 16 September 2015 to a value of €15,624,900. A second tranche of grant payments are due to be made.

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