Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the moneys allocated to each local authority for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older persons in each of the past three years; if he will increase such allocations for 2017 for all priority one applicants that have been told they qualify but that there is no funding available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Information on the Exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability is available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics. On top of the exchequer funding amounts, local authorities make a further 20% contribution in respect of these grants.

For 2017, I am pleased that the funding available for these grants has increased once again, up by some 6% to €59.8 million.  The detailed administration of the grants, including the approval and prioritisation of the various applications, is the responsibility of each individual local authority, but I expect that the increased 2017 funding will enable them to deliver an increased level of service to the applicants.