Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 April 2015
168. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be made available to Cork City Council to deal with the backlog of priority 1 housing adaption grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15996/15]
View answerMy Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The administration of the grants is a matter for individual local authorities.
My Department has received proposals in relation to the scheme for 2015 from each local authority. The proposals are currently being examined with a view to allocating funding to each authority shortly.
