Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1573. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants for grant funding for housing adaptations in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these applications approved and rejected, respectively, in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/18]
View answerMy Department allocates funding to local authorities, firstly, towards the cost of adaptations and extensions to social housing to meet the needs of tenants with a disability and, secondly, towards the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. The detailed administration of the grants, including the assessment and approval of grants, is the responsibility of the relevant local authorities, who prioritise applications on the basis of medical need and on the urgency and necessity of the identified works. My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of applications for grant funding or the number of these applications which were approved or rejected.
Information on these grant schemes, including the numbers of grants funded per annum and the funding provided to each local authority, is available on my Department’s website at the following link:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.
