Housing Adaptation Grant

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2016

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Questions (88)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Question:

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the help in place for those who receive a grant for house adaptations but cannot afford the balance themselves. [7762/16]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

The means tested housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and local authority home improvement loans, for persons who cannot get a loan from a bank or building society, are provided by local authorities and come within the remit of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

This Department’s Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) scheme is not intended to cover circumstances where responsibility for the expenditure rests with another Government Department or Agency.