Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 July 2021
130. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on housing adaptations in Dublin City Council in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/21]
View answerDetails of the funding provided by my Department to Dublin City Council in respect of the Disabled Persons Grants Scheme/Improvement Works in Lieu (DPG/IWIL) for local authority tenants, including details of the 10% local authority contribution, can be found in the following table:
|
Department Funding (90%) |
Local Authority Funding (10%) |
Total |
|
|
2016 |
€1,402,204 |
€155,800 |
€1,558,004 |
|
2017 |
€1,897,701 |
€210,856 |
€2,108,557 |
|
2018 |
€1,865,010 |
€207,223 |
€2,072,234 |
|
2019 |
€1,953,402 |
€217,045 |
€2,170,447 |
|
2020 |
€1,529,062 |
€169,896 |
€1,698,958 |
My Department allocated funding of €23.7 million in May of this year to local authorities to carry out all works that could be completed this year under the 2021 DPG/IWIL Programme. From this, Dublin City Council was allocated €2.5 million and taking the local authority contribution into account this brings the funding available to €2.79 million. Local authorities are currently progressing their 2021 work programmes but it will be later this year before significant recoupment claims are lodged with my Department. Full details in relation to the drawdown of funding for Dublin City Council in 2021 will be available early in 2022.
Separately, funding of €75 million is available nationally in 2021 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, in respect of private houses. Local authorities fund 20% of the overall budget from their own resources with the balance of 80% funded by the exchequer. Dublin City Council have drawn down a total of €2,181,752 in grant funding from my Department up to 30 June 2021. Details of the funding drawn down for the grants up to 2020, for all local authorities including Dublin City Council, are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics
