Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a housing adaption grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19641/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability assists people with a disability in private houses to have necessary adaptations, repairs or improvement works carried out in order to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. While my Department provides funding to local authorities for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, the detailed administration of the schemes, including the assessment, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants and the assessment of eligible works, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.  I understand in the case referred to, the Council has been in recent contact with the applicant in order to assess the project and the likely funding that would apply.