Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants available for the installation of windows and doors to improve the living conditions for persons that are suffering chronic ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/18]

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 adaptations to 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 Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability scheme provides grants of up to €30,000 to assist people with a disability to have necessary adaptations, repairs or improvement works carried out. The Housing Aid for Older People scheme provides grants of up to €8,000 to assist older people living in poor housing conditions to have necessary repairs or improvements carried out, including the provision of windows & doors where necessary.

The detailed administration of the schemes, including the assessment, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.