Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
627. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends introducing a means-tested housing repair grant similar to the housing aid for older people scheme for persons living in private houses who are under 65 years of age to assist in refurbishing substandard housing or building an extension in cases in which the house is overcrowded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/22]
View answerMy Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the Housing Adaptation Grant for Older People and People with a Disability schemes. These grants schemes are available to assist eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs to remain living independently in their own homes.
My Department has no plans to develop a grant scheme as outlined. However, my colleague Eamon Ryan, TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment recently published the National Retrofit Plan, as part of the Climate Action Plan, which sets out ambitious plan for the retrofitting of a significant number homes by the end of 2030.
