Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Thursday, 29 June 2017

Questions (289)

Mary Butler

Question:

289. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of the local authorities that have undertaken adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing network in each of the years 2010 to 2016; the number of adaptations and extensions that were actually undertaken; and the value of those works for each local authority applicable, in tabular form. [30608/17]

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Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding (families who outgrow their current dwelling) and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require stairlifts or the installation of a downstairs bedroom or bathroom.

The funding provided for this scheme is supplemented by the Local Authorities’ Internal Capital receipts and/or Local Property Tax, where relevant. In this regard, no Exchequer funding was provided for the scheme to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils in 2015 and Fingal and Galway County Councils in 2016, as they used Local Property Tax receipts to fund any works.

The programme is operated on the basis of annual funding allocations to each local authority and it is a matter for each local authority to assess the specific needs in its area and to identify and prioritise the works necessary to meet those needs. The Department does not hold detailed information on individual works carried out for the period in question but information on their DPG programmes should be available from individual Local Authorities.

Details of the funding provided from 2010-2016 in respect of the DPG scheme are set out in the following table.

LA	2010 (€)	2011 (€)	2012 (€)	2013 (€)	2014 (€)	2015 (€)	2016 (€)
Carlow	50,000	433,987	491,828	166,342	190,068	249,549	209,276
Cavan	93,810	139,831	76,328	48,468	151,430	70,450	242,901
Clare	38,085	0	97,440	111,133	148,307	288,478	405,712
Cork City	697,727	858,066	168,262	489,465	313,377	561,058	1,046,293
Cork County	0	0	55,606	663,298	490,998	154,175	658,971
Donegal	256,021	175,939	141,667	176,973	160,461	294,669	120,957
Dublin City	338,183	430,587	1,661,596	638,764	610,487	431,668	1,154,041
DLR	300,835	329,224	631,463	392,168	373,599	0	270,184
Fingal	304,331	681,627	189,249	309,768	364,367	373,894	0
Galway City	156,453	273,376	101,280	67,195	172,951	139,802	116,425
Galway County	0	98,647	26,772	129,029	117,591	145,693	0
Kerry	146,174	450,860	263,369	210,175	58,949	205,783	119,233
Kildare	217,995	459,256	194,318	80,185	193,926	354,808	670,289
Kilkenny	147,181	348,203	302,575	282,185	326,193	273,482	206,041
Laois	36,421	183,362	106,504	92,037	53,957	117,527	152,486
Leitrim	70,000	122,198	32,398	26,201	48,260	65,826	96,301
Limerick	397,112	265,351	191,985	213,834	455,300	408,566	584,695
Longford	115,450	0	21,247	0	40,329	100,751	73,699
Louth	265,620	399,102	107,319	107,319	293,774	164,637	367,370
Mayo	118,180	67,561	80,733	77,698	106,886	133,781	96,401
Meath	120,248	190,112	155,059	98,872	298,653	174,132	715,330
Monaghan	86,802	49,876	136,436	63,819	61,475	77,748	89,327
Offaly	0	288,403	74,320	163,837	39,937	284,271	212,483
Roscommon	186,445	94,173	169,628	106,052	341,853	99,524	98,964
Sligo	0	47,124	4,897	11,581	0	188,391	21,251
South Dublin	285,417	312,831	340,845	346,636	382,686	0	253,596
Tipperary	113,760	547,410	476,794	260,461	256,525	359,498	522,243
Waterford	292,712	225,731	395,748	274,778	122,270	381,269	292,125
Westmeath	57,903	102,837	46,574	46,976	87,059	140,446	144,627
Wexford	10,000	351,597	337,060	191,360	291,087	444,047	955,164
Wicklow	165,850	158,323	291,973	391,842	404,186	454,291	263,121