Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation by each local authority for housing adaptation grant for people with a disability in each of the years 2013 to 2020; and the amount each local authority drew down in each year from the allocation for the purposes of the grant. [24286/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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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 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 my 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.

Details of the grants, up to 2018, are available on my Department's website at the following link: 

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The Table below contains details of the exchequer funding drawn down by local authorities for the grants up to 31 December 2019, and up to 31 August 2020, with each local authority providing an additional 20% own contribution.

For 2020, a total of €73.75 million has been provided for the grants, details of which can be found at the following link:

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