asked the Minister for the Environment when the first payment of £1,000 under the £4,000 new house grant scheme will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Waterford; and the reasons for the delay in paying this grant.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
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There was some delay in carrying out an inspection. However, the grant will be paid shortly.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a person (details supplied) in Cappagh, County Waterford, was refused a new house grant; and if he will reconsider the case with a view to allowing him a grant.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the person named. However an application for house improvement grants was received from him. The position is that a grant in respect of the building of a bathroom and a bedroom cannot be allowed as, contrary to a qualifying condition of the scheme, the work had commenced before an inspection of the house was carried out. A grant has been approved for the installation of water and sewerage facilities.