Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1538. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when funding will be allocated to Galway County Council and Galway City Council in respect of the 2018 housing aid for older people scheme, the housing adaptation scheme and the mobility aids scheme; the amount of money that will be allocated under these schemes to both councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15477/18]
View answerNotification of the 2018 funding allocations to individual local authorities, including Galway County Council and Galway City Council, will issue shortly in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability.
Ahead of the notification of these allocations, work in respect of these programmes can continue. All local authorities may commit up to 65% of their 2017 allocation in approving applications for 2018. This interim funding provision will comfortably allow local authorities to advance work under these programmes pending full year allocations for 2018 being confirmed shortly.
