asked the Minister for the Environment if he is aware that Galway County Council are unable to pay essential repair grants at present as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and whether funds will be provided to enable these grants to be paid.
Written Answers - Repair Grants.
493.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 493 together.
I am not so aware. The allocation of funds for any particular service is a matter for the local authority. In the case of both the essential repairs and the disabled persons' grants schemes a local authority are entitled to recoup from the Department half their expenditure subject to a maximum recoupment in any one case of £300 under the former scheme and £2,000 under the latter.