Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or assistance available for those that need to adapt their home for medical needs but are over the income threshold to apply through the local authority. [27811/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities so as to enable them administer the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme. These schemes assist eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.

The grants available operate on a sliding scale with the highest percentage grants available to those with the lowest incomes and vice versa. The schemes are means tested. Grant assistance is not available to applicants whose household income, after disregards and deductions, exceeds €60,000 per annum. A review is being undertaken this year by officials of my Department in relation to the means test criteria.

Local authorities, in administering the scheme, should always work with qualifying applicants to ensure they get the most beneficial outcome possible in line with their financial circumstances.

Further detail on these schemes is available at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/service/6636c-housing-adaptation-grants-for-older-people-and-people-with-a-disability/