Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 March 2012
155 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to provide funding to Galway City Council in respect of the housing grant for people with a disability, housing aid for older people and the mobility aids housing grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11979/12]
View answerMy Department's involvement with the 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. The grant schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. It is a matter for each local authority to determine how the funding is apportioned between the various grant measures and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within the allocation.
Exchequer allocations for 2012, totaling some €54.2 million, were notified to local authorities on 28 February under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. The Exchequer allocation to Galway City Council for 2012 amounts to €742,682
