asked the Minister for the Environment when a prior inspection will be carried out in the home improvement grant application of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
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An inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks.
81.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the long delay in carrying out a new house grant inspection for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when this inspection will now take place; and if he will arrange that prior notice of visit be given to the applicant and that this application be now considered for a £2,000 grant.
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 48 and 49 of 4 December. The inspection in this case has now been carried out and a grant of £1,000 will be paid within the next few weeks.
The higher rate of 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 and that was not the position in this case.
82.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the long delay in carrying out a new house grant inspection for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when this inspection will now take place; and if he will arrange that prior notice of visit be given to the applicant.
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 48 and 49 of 4 December. The inspection in this case has now been carried out and the grant will be paid within the next few weeks.
83.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reasons a total grant has not been sanctioned for persons (details supplied) in County Galway and that a programme of work has not commenced to date; if he will now direct the immediate commencement of these works and allocate as a matter of urgency the necessary finances for this project; if he will outline the work to be done; the total amount of money to be allocated in 1986; the date on which work will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Approval in principle issued on 3 June last to the proposals of the local authority to carry out a scheme of remedial works to its dwellings at St. Grellan's Terrace, Ballinasloe. This involved general refurbishment of the houses, bathroom construction, electrical improvements, alterations to sewers and watermains, etc. The authority was requested at that stage to forward the necessary technical details in respect of a pilot project. This documentation was received in the Department on 12 December 1986. It is at present being examined by the technical advisers. When their report is available, a decision in regard to the seeking of tenders and capital funding for the project will be conveyed to the local authority.
84.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a new house grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will direct immediate payment; the date and amount of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
A grant of £1,000 will be paid within the next few weeks.
85.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a house improvement grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will direct immediate payment; the date and amount of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
There has been no undue delay in this case. A maximum grant of £5,000 for repairs to a pre-1940 dwelling will be paid within the next few weeks.
86.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a house improvement grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will direct immediate payment; the date and amount of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
There has been no undue delay in this case. It was necessary to clarify certain matters in relation to the carrying out of the work with the applicant and a grant of £1,067 will be paid within the next few weeks.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a house improvement grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will direct immediate payment; the date and amount of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The applicant was not available when the inspector visited the house on two occasions recently, the second by appointment. A further inspection with a view to payment of the grant approved is being arranged by appointment, and this will be carried out within the next weeks.