Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when calculating deductions for means testing the housing adaption grant for persons with disabilities, if the full amount of carer's allowance will be deducted in addition to as a further €5,000 in cases in which the person to which the grant application relates is being cared for by a relative on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45343/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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When calculating household income for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, Carer's Benefit/Allowance is disregarded if paid in respect of the person to whom the grant application relates. A disregard of €5,000 is also allowed where the person with a disability for whom the application for grant aid is sought is being cared for by a relative on a full-time basis.