Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1109. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will make additional funding available to Kerry County Council for the following grant schemes: housing aid for older persons, mobility aids, housing grant scheme, and housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability, as the 2012 allocation notified by the Department has been fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/12]
View answerExchequer allocations for 2012 totalling some €54.2 million were notified to local authorities in February 2012. Some €2,606,292 was allocated to Kerry County Council of which €1,716,017 has been drawn down to date in respect of 397 grants. My Department monitors expenditure under these schemes on an ongoing basis and any savings resulting from an under-spend by local authorities of their 2012 allocation may be re-allocated to authorities whose allocations have been fully spent.
