asked the Minister for the Environment the reason payment of a home improvement grant has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in respect of work done and completed in 1985 and passed for payment since that time; and if he will confirm that payment is to be made immediately.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
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Mr. Cowen
The application related to the 1981 house improvement grants scheme and was received in the Department on 23 July 1984. A grant could not be allowed however because, contrary to a statutory condition of the scheme, the work had commenced before an inspection had been carried out.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in payment of a house improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan.
On receipt of evidence of planning permission in respect of the building of a bathroom and bedroom, which was requested on 15 November 1984, a final inspection will be arranged with a view to payment of a grant.