Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 29 Nov 1990

Vol. 403 No. 3

Written Answers. - Disabled Person's Grants.

Austin Deasy

Question:

71 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment if, in view of the lack of finances available to Dungarvan Urban District Council, he will allocate extra funds to enable them to provide the third of funding required for the provision of an extension to cater for the special needs of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Mr. Connolly)

The provision of funds for the payment of disabled persons' grants is primarily a matter for the local authorities concerned. My Department's involvement in the funding of the scheme is confined to the recoupment of a proportion of the expenditure incurred by the local authority in the payment of individual grants.