Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 for older persons, disabled persons and mobility grants for council tenants, in tabular form; when it is expected the next allocation of such funding will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7022/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 526 of 26 September 2017 which sets out, in tabular form, the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 under the Disabled Persons Grants Scheme.

My Department will shortly be asking local authorities to submit details of their work proposals and related funding requirements for this scheme in 2018. Funding allocations will be determined following assessment of the local authority returns.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 for older persons, disabled persons and mobility grants for privately owned homes, in tabular form; when it is expected the next allocation of such funding will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7023/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. There are three separate grants available and local authorities receive an overall allocation, with responsibility for the apportionment between the schemes being a matter for each local authority.

The funding provided in 2017 for the schemes was €60.5m, comprising €48.4m exchequer funding with €12.1m provided by the local authorities. Information on the exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority under the three schemes is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.

Notification of the 2018 funding allocations to individual local authorities in respect of these schemes will issue shortly. Ahead of these notifications, local authorities can continue with a commitment of up to 65% of their 2017 allocation. This interim funding provision will comfortably allow local authorities to advance the work for the early part of this year, ahead of full year allocations for 2018 being confirmed shortly.