Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households approved for adaptation works by local authority in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and the funding that will be made available for same in budget 2022. [46812/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details in relation to the number of approved applicants for adaptation works by local authority for the years in question are not collated by my Department. This information may be available directly from the local authorities. However, details of the grants paid for all local authorities up to 2020, are available on my Department's website at the following link:

www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.

For 2021, a total of 5,213 grants have been paid to date. The detailed administration of the grants including their assessment, approval and prioritisation, is the responsibility of local authorities.

Funding of €75 million is available nationally in 2021 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme. This funding has increased year on year since 2014. As part of the annual budgetary process, consideration will be given to this funding in future years in line with the Programme for Government commitments and the Policy Statement on Housing Options for Our Ageing Population, which is available on my Department's website at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/ea33c1-housing-options-for-our-ageing-population-policy-statement/.