Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 8 Nov 2000

Vol. 525 No. 3

Written Answers. - Disabled Person's Grants Scheme.

Seán Barrett

Question:

146 Mr. Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if there are any circumstances that would authorise a local authority to deal with an application for a disabled person's grant which is received after work has commenced on an extension; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is refusing to deal with an application from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin on these grounds. [23440/00]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Molloy)

The administration of the disabled person's grants scheme and decisions on individual applications are the responsibility of the relevant local authority, in this instance Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. My Department's involvement relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants.

Question No. 147 taken with Question No. 110.