Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
471. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grants currently available through his Department, excluding the housing adaptation grants, for the replacement of windows in a house in which two persons who are in receipt of the fuel allowance reside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63345/22]
View answerMy Department provides funding for the Housing Adaptation Grant for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, which is a range of grants for necessary improvement works or adaptations to houses, in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their own homes by older people and people with a disability. These schemes cover works reasonably necessary for the purposes of rendering a house more suitable for the accommodation of applicants, and could in those circumstances include the repair or replacement of windows and doors.
My Department also oversees a number of schemes to assist in the conservation of protected and other eligible structures, which may include repairs to windows and doors. These schemes are the Built Heritage Investment Scheme and the Historic Structures Fund. The schemes are administered through the local authorities and details are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/32ae3-financial-assistance-for-architectural-heritage/
