My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. Details of the number of grants paid and the amount spent by all local authorities up to 2018, are available on my Department's website at the following ink:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.
The following table contains details of the 2019 Exchequer funding drawn down by local authorities for grants up to 31 December 2019, as well as this years drawdown up to 31 May 2020. The amounts shown are for Exchequer drawdown and each local authority adds a further 20% contribution.
Local Authority
|
Exchequer Drawdown to 31 December 2019
|
Exchequer Drawdown to 31 May 2020
|
Carlow
|
€1,337,450
|
€300,552
|
Cavan
|
€992,380
|
€181,975
|
Clare
|
€2,399,552
|
€0
|
Cork
|
€4,323,799
|
€744,336
|
Cork City
|
€981,908
|
€186,807
|
Donegal
|
€1,333,144
|
€458,247
|
Dublin City
|
€7,395,113
|
€2,302,937
|
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
€1,159,572
|
€225,117
|
Fingal
|
€2,043,228
|
€427,906
|
Galway
|
€1,695,312
|
€507,916
|
Galway City
|
€807,777
|
€267,888
|
Kerry
|
€2,549,136
|
€803,287
|
Kildare
|
€2,497,750
|
€319,713
|
Kilkenny
|
€1,526,314
|
€569,613
|
Laois
|
€820,976
|
€46,120
|
Leitrim
|
€154,738
|
€69,855
|
Limerick
|
€2,659,000
|
€555,405
|
Longford
|
€575,984
|
€68,954
|
Louth
|
€1,176,836
|
€323,687
|
Mayo
|
€1,853,661
|
€462,821
|
Meath
|
€2,000,215
|
€427,130
|
Monaghan
|
€1,451,430
|
€987,867
|
Offaly
|
€1,294,412
|
€0
|
Roscommon
|
€1,075,381
|
€52,750
|
Sligo
|
€1,162,243
|
€128,254
|
South Dublin
|
€1,785,306
|
€824,838
|
Tipperary
|
€2,944,856
|
€918,434
|
Waterford
|
€1,220,152
|
€321,204
|
Westmeath
|
€1,043,669
|
€171,008
|
Wexford
|
€1,896,870
|
€639,382
|
Wicklow
|
€1,108,370
|
€292,541
|
For 2020, a total of €73.75 million has been provided for the scheme, and notification of individual local authority allocations will issue shortly.
In the interim, all local authorities have been advised that they can expend an amount equal to 65% of their 2019 allocation. This interim funding provision should allow all local authorities to continue to process, approve and pay grants to successful applicants, pending the notification of the full year 2020 allocations.
The detailed administration of the grants including their assessment, approval and prioritisation, is the responsibility of each local authority. My Department does not hold information in relation to the current number of applications pending or the waiting times in individual local authorities. This information may be available directly from the local authorities.