asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether justice has been done in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who is married with five children, lives in a small three bedroomed house with two other adults and who has been turned down for a loan to build a disabled person's extension, to supplement the grant, on the basis that his income exceeded £10,000 in the previous year and the plans, if any, he has to deal with the maximum income level in such cases.
Written Answers. - Disabled Person's House Loan.
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The maximum income limit which determines eligibility for local authority house improvement loans was increased from £8,000 to £10,000 as recently as 5 June 1986. The implementation of the limit, in common with the other conditions of the scheme, is a matter for the housing authority concerned.