Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
241. Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Cork City Council received from his Department in relation to the housing adaption grant scheme for older people and people with a disability in 2013; the amount that will be available to Cork City Council in the 2014 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51416/13]
View answerCork City Council received an allocation of €1,491,600 under my Department’s suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability for 2013. So far, some €1,438,536 has been drawn down by the City Council.
The 2014 Abridged Estimates provision of €28.6 million for the grant scheme will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million in additional funding for this measure, giving an overall provision in 2014 of €38.6 million, some €4.3 million more than the initial Exchequer allocation in 2013. The increased allocation will facilitate the payment of more than 7,800 grants to assist older people and people with disabilities to remain at home for longer. I intend to announce details of the capital allocations to local authorities early in 2014.
