Vol. 451 No. 8
120 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment the reason the Midland Health Board is not prepared to install electricity for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; the criteria which would deem her eligible; the extent to which the assessment of her means has rendered her ineligible; and if a review leading to a more favourable consideration of her case can be instigated. [7311/95]
The scheme of special housing aid for the elderly, to which this case relates, provides assistance for works that are considered to be urgently necessary to improve the living conditions of elderly persons living on their own in unfit or insanitary accommodation. Decisions to grant assistance in individual cases are the responsibility of the health boards who operate the scheme at local level. I understand from the Midland Health Board that they have recently reviewed the earlier decision in this case and have again concluded that the individual concerned has ample resources to carry out the work herself and would, therefore, not come within the scope of the scheme.
