Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the assistance available to help a family in County Kerry with renovating the family home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8691/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People scheme, 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 Disabled People, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant are funded by the Department with a contribution from the resources of the local authority.

The administration of the grants scheme, including the assessment, approval and prioritisation of grant applications under the various measures, is the responsibility of each local authority. Having considered all of the circumstances in any particular case, it is a matter for the local authority to determine grant eligibility. Local authorities, in administering the scheme, work with qualifying applicants to secure the most beneficial outcome possible in line with the applicants' financial circumstances and within the parameters of the grant scheme.

The household concerned should contact the local authority, in this case Kerry County Council, to establish if the household is eligible under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People scheme.

My Department does not provide a specific grant for the renovation of occupied privately owned houses beyond the scope of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People grant scheme.

Separately, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates a number of schemes which provide grant funding towards home energy upgrades. Further information in relation to these schemes can be found on the SEAI website at the following link: Home Energy Upgrades | Home Energy | SEAI.