asked the Minister for the Environment if a grant for a bedroom extension is payable to applicants who have had a new house grant paid over five years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
90.
In the normal course a grant for the building of a bedroom extension cannot be allowed until a period of ten years has elapsed since the payment of a new house grant. However, this waiting period can be reduced to five years where the application relates to the provision of an additional bedroom for the relief of overcrowding.
91.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to persons (details supplied) in County Cork.
There is no record of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the persons named.
92.
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 of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from the person named. However, an application has been received from a person with the same surname and broadly similar address. In that case an inspection of the completed works has recently been carried out but payment of a grant cannot be made until the house is occupied as a residence on a full time basis in accordance with the conditions of the scheme.
93.
asked the Minister for the Environment if he will arrange payment of a house improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly.
Payment of the grant will be made within the next few weeks.
94.
asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of a house improvement grant.
A recent inspection revealed that all necessary repairs to the house have not been carried out and accordingly, the grant cannot be paid at this stage. The applicant is being advised on the works remaining to be undertaken.