Funding provided by my Department to Dublin City Council for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability is available on my Department's website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/ by selecting ‘Social and Affordable Housing’, ‘Housing Adaptation Grants by Area 2008 to date’.
Exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Combined with an additional 20% contribution by individual local authorities, there was an overall spend last year of €46.3 million in this area. I am pleased to confirm that the 2015 amount will increase by some 10% to give a combined spend of €50.5 million. Individual allocations will be made to local authorities shortly.
Dublin City Council’s full 2014 allocation for these grants was €5,821,222, made up of €4,656,977 allocated from my Department along with a further €1,164,244 which was to be provided from the Council’s own resources. In 2014 Dublin City Council recouped €3,030,439 out of the €4,656,977 available from my Department.