asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
364.
Approval to a new house grant was issued in this case on 1 April 1983. When notification is received from the applicant that the house is completed to the Department's standards and occupied, arrangements will be made for a final inspection with a view to payment of the grant.
365.
asked the Minister for the Environment when the plans regarding the draining of the green area of Countess Grove Estate, Killarney submitted to him by Killarney UDC will be sanctioned; if he will give details of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Killarney UDC submitted a proposal to my Department in January 1984, under their 1984 small schemes programme, for a scheme to relieve overloading of an existing nine inch sewer line by laying a new 15 inch sewer from manhole F18 to an existing 36 inch sewer line on Countess Road. The council will be informed of its 1984 small schemes allocation shortly and it will then be a matter for the council to decide which schemes to carry out in 1984.
366.
asked the Minister for the Environment in respect of (a) new house grants and (b) house improvement grants, the average length of time between the final inspection by the Department inspector and payment of the grant assuming that the work is satisfactory.
At present the average length of time between the final inspection by the Department's inspector and payment of the grant in respect of new houses and house improvement works is four weeks approximately.
367.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a £1,000 new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the person named.
368.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will expedite inspection and payment of a home improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a new house improvement grant from the person named.
369.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will expedite payment of a £1,000 new house grant to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
A grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and that all the conditions applying to the grant scheme have been complied with. The inspection will be carried out as soon as possible.