Written answers

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Local Authority Housing Funding

Photo of John BrassilJohn Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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933. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in funding provided to local authorities for the improvement works in lieu grant scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30524/18]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides capital funding to Local Authorities for Improvement Works In Lieu of local authority housing (IWIL’s) 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. My Department contributes 90% and the local authority contributes 10%of the cost of such works.

IWIL’s are administered under the Disabled Person’s Grants Scheme. The detailed administration of these grants, including the assessment, approval and prioritisation of applications is the responsibility of the local authorities. 

To date, no local authority has submitted a recoupment request for IWILs funding in 2018. Details of IWILs funding provided to local authorities for the years 2016 and 2017 are set out in the following table:

YearLocal AuthorityFunding (€’s)
2016Cavan County Council29,511
2017Westmeath County Council9,940
2017Mayo County Council86,515

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