asked the Minister for the Environment when a £1,000 new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
228.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the person named in the townland given.
A grant of £1,000 was however, paid to a person of the same name in the Coachford area on 7 January 1983.
229.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a reconstruction grant was not paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from the person named. There is, however, an application from a person with the same surname but a different Christian name from the same address. A grant cannot be allowed in this case because, contrary to a qualifying condition of the scheme, the work had commenced before an inspection of the house was carried out. The applicant has been so informed.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a reconstruction grant was not paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
A grant for the provision of an extra bedroom was not allowed in this case because the house could not be regarded as being overcrowded for grant purposes. Neither could a grant in respect of the provision of a bathroom be allowed as my Department's inspector reported that there was an existing bathroom in the house. The applicant has been so informed.