Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated to Kildare County Council for the housing adaptation grant, the housing aid for older people grant and the housing disability grant in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; the level of drawdown by Kildare County Council of the funding allocated in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49353/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People, which are 80% funded by the Department, with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. Local authorities receive an overall allocation, with the responsibility for the apportionment between the three schemes being a matter for each authority.

Information on the Exchequer funding provided by my Department to Kildare County Council for 2016 and 2017 for these grants is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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Details of the allocation for 2018 are available at the following link: 

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Kildare County Council have drawn down their full Exchequer allocation for 2018.