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Thatching Grants Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2013

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Questions (413)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Question:

413. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total money available for thatching grants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of grants issued on a county basis in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13002/13]

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Under my Department's grant scheme for the renewal or repair of a thatched roof, a grant of up to €3,810 or two thirds of the approved cost, whichever is the lesser, may be payable in respect of necessary works to renew or repair the thatched roofs of houses. A higher grant of up to €5,714 may be payable where the house is situated on certain specified islands off the West and South coasts. In the case of medical card holders a grant of up to €6,350, or up to 80% of the approved cost, may be payable in respect of houses situated on the mainland, rising to €8,252 where the house is situated on a specified off-shore island.

The scheme is demand led and a provisional amount of €680,000 has been set aside to meet anticipated expenditure this year. Details of grant expenditure for the year s 2010 to date together with a breakdown of the numbers of grants paid, by county, for the same period are set out in the following tables :

Table 1 . Thatching Grants - Annual Expenditure

Year

Amount

2010

€840,735

2011

€725,505

2012

€601,669

2013 (to 24 April)

€199,675

Table 2 . Thatching Grants paid per county

County

2010

2011

2012

2013 (to 24 April)

Carlow

2

0

0

0

Cavan

2

1

1

0

Clare

2

4

4

1

Cork

10

13

6

3

Donegal

32

18

11

7

Dublin

4

1

2

0

Galway

40

31

35

8

Kerry

4

4

4

0

Kildare

5

4

2

2

Kilkenny

4

9

6

1

Laois

7

6

4

3

Leitrim

0

1

0

0

Limerick

15

9

10

3

Longford

1

3

6

1

Louth

3

4

3

0

Mayo

6

6

4

1

Meath

5

9

4

0

Monaghan

0

1

0

0

Offaly

3

5

7

1

Roscommon

3

1

0

2

Sligo

8

1

0

0

Tipperary

14

10

5

3

Waterford

8

11

8

2

Westmeath

3

3

3

0

Wexford

3

3

7

4

Wicklow

4

2

2

1

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