Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding provided on a local authority basis for each of the past five years under the improvement works in lieu of a local authority housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25521/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides capital funding to Local Authorities for Improvement Works In Lieu (IWILs) to enable them to repair, improve or extend privately owned houses that are occupied by approved housing applicants as an alternative to the provision of Local Authority housing.

IWILs are administered under the Disabled Person’s Grants (DPG) scheme. It is a matter for the Local Authorities to prioritise their need under the Scheme and in recent years Local Authorities have generally favoured targeting the available funding towards the DPG scheme, in order to address disability-related housing needs directly within their own social housing stock.

From 2012 to 2016, my Department has provided funding of €28,196,875 in respect of DPGs and IWILs combined. Details of the funding  with regard to IWILs only is provided in the following table: