asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Written Answers . - Grant Payments .
518.
: When the person named supplies some further information requested by my Department an inspection will be arranged with a view to payment of a grant, if in order.
519.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a new house grant and mortgage subsidy has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as he applied approximately two years ago; the reason for the delay; and when payment will be made.
: There has been no delay in dealing with this case. The applicant should notify my Department when the house is complete. An inspection will then be arranged with a view to payment of the grant, if in order. There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for the mortgage subsidy from the person named.
520.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
: There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from a person of the address supplied. There is however an application from a person of this name with a broadly similar address. A house improvement grant cannot be allowed in this case because the work proposed, that is the erection of a new house, does not come within the scope of the scheme. The applicant has been so informed.
It is open to the applicant to apply for consideration under the new house grants scheme and the necessary application form has been issued to her. It has not to date been returned to the Department.
521.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a reconstruction grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.
: Under the Housing Regulations 1980, as amended, the latest date for the completion of work and receipt in the Department of a claim for payment of the grant was 30 June 1981. As these conditions were not complied with in this case, the grant cannot be paid.
522.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will approve a house improvement grant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
: There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from the person named.
523.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in paying a new house grant to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford.
: There has been no undue delay in my Department in dealing with this case. The file is with the inspector for investigation and report with a view to the payment of a grant if in order.
524.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will immediately pay a site subsidy grant to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who applied some considerable time ago.
: Private site subsidy is not payable directly to individuals, but under section 9 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979, a subsidy is paid by my Department to housing authorities towards the annual loan charges incurred in respect of the provision by them of sites for private houses. The subsidy is one-third of the loan charges incurred on borrowings, up to a maximum for such borrowings of £1,500 per site.
The payment of the subsidy is dependent on the fulfilment of certain conditions relating to the eligibility of the purchaser, floor area of house, density and sale price of site. The value of any subsidy payable is generally passed on to the purchaser in the sale price of the site.
Subsidy claims from Dublin County Council which include for the site provided at Alpine Heights for the person named, are at present being examined in my Department and payment will be made in due course if in order.
525.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in paying a new house grant and a mortgage interest subsidy to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: There has been no undue delay in dealing with this case. The file is with the inspector for urgent investigation with a view to the allocation and payment of the grant if in order. Approval of the mortgage subsidy will then issue, if in order, and the first instalment will be paid on receipt of the appropriate claim form.
526.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant and special mortgage subsidy will be paid to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow.
: When the person named supplies the documents requested by my Department an inspection will be arranged with a view to payment of a grant, if in order. Payment of the subsidy will not commence until the grant has been paid and at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of execution of the mortgage deed.
527.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant and special mortgage subsidy will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
: The file in this case is with my Department's inspector for final inspection with a view to payment of the grant. The inspection will be carried out shortly. Payment of the mortgage subsidy cannot commence until the grant has been paid.
528.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: This application was rejected following a report from one of my inspectors stating that the house was occupied by a person other than the applicant.
529.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in paying a mortgage interest subsidy grant to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: This applicant is in receipt of a mortgage under the low rise mortgage scheme. He is not, therefore, eligible for the mortgage subsidy. He has been so informed.
530.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in paying a mortgage interest subsidy grant to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: There has been no delay in this case. The first instalment of the mortgage subsidy has been paid. When the applicant submits the claim in respect of the subsequent six months loan repayments, arrangements will be made for payment of the second instalment of this subsidy.
531.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in paying a £600 renovation grant to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: On receipt of notification of completion of work an inspection will be arranged with a view to payment of the grant, if in order.
532.
asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a new house grant was not paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
: The grant can be paid only when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and the other conditions applying to the grant scheme have been complied with. An inspection is being arranged in this case as a matter of urgency with a view to payment of the grant if in order.