Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the upper level of the housing adaptation grant from €30,000; his further plans to review the means testing system for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34628/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I have no plans currently to increase the upper limit of the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability from € 30,000. The average grant paid out under this scheme in 2015 was €8,000 per applicant and I believe it is important to spread the benefit of the scheme to as many recipients as possible within the funding available.

Changes to the means assessment for this scheme were introduced following a 2013 review. I have no proposals to further review the means assessment for the scheme at this point.