asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a grant inspector has not called to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
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The application was in respect of repairs to the basic fabric of the house and was received in the Department on 15 November 1984. A grant could not be allowed as a grant had been paid in respect of the house within the previous ten years. The applicant was so informed on 19 November 1984. In the circumstances, the carrying out of an inspection did not arise.
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asked the Minister for the Environment whether the grant of £200 which his Department approved with regard to house improvement works carried out by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is the appropriate amount to cover the installation of water supply, provision of bathroom, toilet and septic tank, and the building of a back kitchen and bedroom.
The position, in so far as the application under the 1981 scheme of house improvement grants is concerned, remains as stated in my reply of 23 April 1985 to Parliamentary Question No. 589. While an application has also been received under the 1985 scheme, it cannot be considered because the applicant has indicated that he intends to carry out the work himself. It is now an absolute condition of eligibility for grants that the tax numbers of the contractors who are undertaking the work are submitted to my Department.
37.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is not being paid the full amount of the £2,000 new house grant having regard to the fact that he was notified of same and yet was only paid £1,000 when the cheque was sent to him.
A £2,000 grant is payable in respect of a house built otherwise than by contract only where the house was not substantially completed by 1 May 1985. In this case, my Department's inspector certified that a £1,000 grant was the appropriate rate of grant and this was paid on 25 November 1985. The person named has been requested to submit documentation in support of his claim for the increased grant of £2,000. Due to a misleading site location map supplied by the applicant which resulted in an inspection of another house, the notification issued to the applicant did not relate to his house but to the other one.