Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the conditions for a person to apply for a housing adaptation grant (details supplied). [14796/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A full review of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability was carried out in 2014, as a result of which the eligibility for the Housing Aid for Older People was set at age 66, in line with the criteria for old age pensions and other statutory supports for older people. I have no plans to reverse these changes in respect of the Housing Aid for Older People, bearing in mind that the aim of the review was to spread the benefits of the scheme as widely as possible and to ensure fairness and value for money in its operation.