Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012
337 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a grant for an extension due to requirements brought about by their disability, while their spouse, who has separate needs, has received grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12779/12]
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.
Local authorities are responsible for the administration of the grant schemes including the processing and approval of individual grant applications, monitoring of work underway and the payment of grants on the satisfactory completion of the relevant works. Information relating to the status of individual applications is not available in my Department.
