asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received approval for a house improvement grant.
Written Answers. - Housing Grant and Mortage Subsidy Payments.
172.
Approval of a grant has had to be deferred pending receipt of certain information already requested from the applicant.
173.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
An inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks with a view to payment of the grant.
174.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
An inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks to establish whether this house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and all the conditions of the grant scheme fulfilled.
175.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason the second instalment of a mortgage subsidy has not been paid to persons (details supplied) in Cork City.
The second instalment of the mortgage subsidy will be paid within the next few weeks.
176.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; the amount and calculation of same; and the reason for the delay.
A payable order in respect of a grant of £1,610 issued to the applicant on 26 January last. If he did not receive it he should notify my Department immediately. The grant is based in the normal way on two-thirds of the Department's estimated cost of the works carried out.
177.
asked the Minister for the Environment when payment of a mortgage subsidy will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.
There is no record of the receipt of an application for a mortgage subsidy from the person named at the address given.
179.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason the original house improvement grant approval issued to a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not take account of the pre-1940 status of the house, and if the recent payment of £3,600 was an interim one.
The payment already made in this case related to the provision of water (£400), sewerage (£400), bathroom (£800) and the building of an extension (£2,000), giving total grants of £3,600. Further consideration will be given to the payment of a fabric grant when the applicant furnishes evidence as to the age of the house. At that stage it will be decided whether a pre-1940 grant applies.
180.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
The applicant has been requested to submit further documentation in support of his application. When this documentation is received his application for a grant will be further considered.
181.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant inspection will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and the approximate date when an inspector will call.
The applicant has been requested to submit further information in support of his application. When this information has been received, his application for a grant will be further considered.
182.
asked the Minister for the Environment when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid a new house grant.
The grant has been paid.
183.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid a new house grant.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the person named at the address stated. However, an application was received from a person with the same name and broadly similar address. In that case a grant will be paid following an inspection if it establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and that all the conditions of the grant scheme have been fulfilled. The inspection will be carried within the next few weeks.
185.
asked the Minister for the Environment if a £2,250 new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if not, the reason.
There is no record of the receipt in my Department of an application for a £2,250 new house grant from the person named at the address given.
186.
asked the Minister for the Environment if a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if not, the reason.
An inspection has been carried out in this case and it will be a matter for the applicant to carry out the works approved before the question of payment can be considered.
187.
asked the Minister for the Environment if a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if not, the reason.
On receipt of a report from the Department's inspector, the amount of grant and the question of payment will be further considered.
188.
asked the Minister for the Environment if a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary and if not, the reason.
Approval of a grant has had to be deferred pending receipt of certain information already requested from the applicant. The question of payment does not arise at this stage.
189.
asked the Minister for the Environment if a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if not, the reason.
This application was refused as, contrary to a condition of the scheme, work had commenced prior to the Department's inspector visiting the house.