Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of stair lifts installed and paid for, by cost of installation, by local authority, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4587/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in relation to Private Homes and, separately, funds adaptations and extensions to social housing stock in order to address serious overcrowding and, in certain cases, to meet the needs of tenants with a disability.

Stair lifts are one element of a wide suite of works which may be eligible for grant aid. My Department does not keep data in relation to the specific works carried out under each of the measures. At local level, the detailed administration of these grants, including the assessment, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.