Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant available for a family to reconfigure and adapt their home to accommodate an elderly parent that is not a home owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41422/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.  The suite of grants includes 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.  The scheme is more sharply focused towards lower income households with the greatest needs.  A means test applies to the scheme in order to achieve fairness and value for money in its operation. Details in relation to the grants are available on my Department's website at the following link:

www.housing.gov.ie/housing/grantsfinancial-assistance/improvement-works/housing-adaptation-grants-older-people-and.

The detailed administration of the grants, including the assessment, approval and prioritisation of applications, is the responsibility of the local authorities and it will be a matter for them to make the final determination on an individual application, based on the precise circumstances.