asked the Minister for the Environment if he will expedite a house improvement grant application inspection for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in view of the urgency of the circumstances.
36.
Written Answers. - Grant and Mortgage Subsidy Payments
35.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house improvement grant inspection will be carried out to the property of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.
37.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for a grant for replacement windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
40.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give an approximate date for an inspection for a house improvement grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is awaiting approval, and wishes to commence work and move into her home.
43.
Mr. Cowen
asked the Minister for the Environment when an inspection will take place to works, to be carried out by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the new house improvement grant scheme, whose application form was forwarded to his Department on 3 January 1986, the receipt of which has not since been acknowledged to date.
53.
Mr. Coughlan
asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is anxious to commence work.
58.
asked the Minister for the Environment when an inspection for a house improvement grant applied for on 20 December 1985 will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.
65.
asked the Minister for the Environment when inspection of a house will take place with a view to approval of an application for a house improvement grant on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 to 37 inclusive, 40, 43, 53, 58, and 65 together. The Deputies will be aware of my announcement last week that the need for prior inspection is being dispensed with in the case of all valid applications for house improvement grants, under the 1985 scheme, received in the Department on or before Tuesday, 25 February 1986. Any person who has made a valid application and who has not yet received a visit from an inspector, will be sent a letter of approval by 10 March. The work involved should not be commenced before receipt of such letter and will, of course, be subject to the requirements applicable (other than the prior inspection requirements) when the person concerned applied for the grant.
38.
asked the Minister for the Environment the up-to-date position regarding an application for a new house grant and mortgage subsidy for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
Approval to a new house grant and mortgage subsidy has been issued to the applicant and the file has been referred to the inspector for final inspection by appointment. A grant will be paid when the inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and that all the conditions applying to the grant have been fulfilled. Payment of the first instalment of the mortgage subsidy will be made following payment of the grant and on receipt of the appropriate claim form duly completed and certified by the relevant lending agency.