Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated by his Department under the housing grants for private dwellings; and the amount drawn down for counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23731/22]

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, each of which are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The administration funding of the schemes, including assessment, approval and prioritisation, is the responsibility of local authorities. Local authorities receive an overall allocation, with the responsibility for the apportionment between the three schemes being a matter for each authority given their knowledge of local need.

Funding of €81.25 million is available nationally in 2022 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme. The 2022 funding allocation for all local authorities is also available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/32a48-improved-homes-for-older-people-and-those-with-a-disability-as-ministers-obrien-and-burke-announce-over-80m-in-funding/.

Details of the allocations and drawdowns for all local authorities up to 2021, including Westmeath and Longford, 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.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists in counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23732/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area are published by my Department in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). See below for links to the 2020 and 2021 summaries.

SSHA 2021

www.gov.ie/en/publication/f6119-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2021-key-findings/

SSHA 2020

www.gov.ie/en/publication/970ea-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2020-key-findings/#:~:text=The%20Summary%20of%20Social%20Housing,is%20not%20currently%20being%20met.

The SSHA exercise for 2022 will take place later in the year and the summary published in 2023.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing transfer lists in counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23733/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department.

The oversight and practical management of housing waiting and transfer lists is a matter for each local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations.