Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
871. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities withholding housing grants and other such payments on the grounds that the household charge and-or local property tax was not paid on the property by the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11250/15]
View answerMy Department makes funding allocations to local authorities for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The detailed administration of these schemes, including the apportionment of funding between the various grant schemes and the assessment, approval and payment of grants to individual applicants under the various grant measures, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
Applicants are required to include with their grant application proof that they are compliant with the local property tax.
