I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 and 277 together.
My Department's involvement with the new Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. In the case of the older Disabled Persons' and Essential Repairs Grant Schemes, these are funded by 67% recoupments together with a 33% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The detailed administration of these schemes, including the assessment and approval of individual applications and the payment of grants to householders, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
Details of the Exchequer funding provided to local authorities for these schemes for the years 2007 and 2008 and the total allocations for 2009 from Exchequer and local authority sources are set out in the following table.
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2007
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2008
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2009
|
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€
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€
|
€
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County Councils
|
|
|
|
Carlow
|
782,807
|
1,534,923
|
1,918,125
|
Cavan
|
753,977
|
1,568,060
|
1,437,500
|
Clare
|
857,560
|
2,100,790
|
2,153.750
|
Cork
|
3,622,522
|
5,784,957
|
7,076,250
|
Donegal
|
2,790,698
|
3,112,498
|
4,820,000
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
1,245,293
|
1,692,890
|
2,285,000
|
Fingal
|
1,036,073
|
1,331,236
|
2,458,750
|
Galway
|
1,196,745
|
1,671,884
|
2,074,000
|
Kerry
|
1,701,174
|
2,320,709
|
3,613,750
|
Kildare
|
1,079,483
|
1,822,582
|
2,533,750
|
Kilkenny
|
534,311
|
596,350
|
1,055,000
|
Laois
|
1,734,170
|
1,829,228
|
2,067,313
|
Leitrim
|
1,030,084
|
1,310,551
|
1,790,000
|
Limerick
|
1,019,313
|
1,082,995
|
1,665,000
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Longford
|
418,699
|
966,847
|
1,251,000
|
Louth
|
1,193,251
|
2,030,581
|
2,648,750
|
Mayo
|
1,630,838
|
2,011,125
|
3,439,584
|
Meath
|
1,586,679
|
3,283,476
|
1,000,000
|
Monaghan
|
1,253,446
|
1,470,218
|
2,177,500
|
North Tipperary
|
1,031,729
|
1,432,124
|
1,965,000
|
Offaly
|
861,935
|
993,344
|
1,949,313
|
Roscommon
|
1,101,955
|
1,579,457
|
2,305,625
|
Sligo
|
322,914
|
493,490
|
1,223,750
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South Dublin
|
2,630,134
|
2,975,713
|
4,670,000
|
South Tipperary
|
882,395
|
1,358,885
|
2,193,750
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Waterford
|
998,389
|
1,690,822
|
1,707,500
|
Westmeath
|
958,321
|
1,361,958
|
1,660,000
|
Wexford
|
1,340,572
|
1,656,321
|
2,988,750
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Wicklow
|
709,099
|
1,416,332
|
1,893,750
|
City Councils
|
|
|
|
Cork City
|
1,218,359
|
1,546,070
|
2,776,250
|
Dublin City
|
8,309,518
|
9,227,259
|
15,063,750
|
Galway
|
687,851
|
922,136
|
1,270,000
|
Limerick City
|
468,401
|
791,513
|
1,397,500
|
Waterford City
|
293,958
|
481,126
|
762,500
|
Borough Councils
|
|
|
|
Sligo Borough
|
272,296
|
300,894
|
772,750
|
Total
|
47,554,949
|
65,749,344
|
92,040,210
|
Over the period 1 January 2009 to 27 November 2009, a total of €59.126 million has been recouped by my Department to local authorities in respect of the Exchequer contribution towards grant payments under the various grant measures. A total of €1.926 million has been recouped to Kildare County Council to date in 2009.