Barry Cowen
Question:251. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide costings of the full restoration of capital housing grants to 2008 levels. [36330/14]
View answerThursday, 25 September 2014
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The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability were introduced in November 2007 and are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the local authorities.
The amount allocated to these grants in 2008 was €72.197m, of which €14.439m was provided from the local authorities' own resources. The level of capital funding available to my Department has decreased significantly in the intervening period as part of the process of restoring stability to the public finances. For 2014, my Department has been able to provide increased allocations to all local authorities over last year’s funding, with total allocations of €48m, including the local authorities’ own contributions.