asked the Minister for the Environment the number of applicants who, as a result of the recent budgetary measures, will be debarred from receiving the £2,250 grant, the special £5,000 surrender grant and the home improvement grants; the number of people who have made application before March 1987, and were not visited by the Department's inspectors; the number of applications where inspectors had made initial inspections but formal written sanction had not been received by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Grant Eligibility.
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About 4,500 applications, in respect of which an inspection had not been carried out, will not be eligible for a house improvement grant. The detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to the other two grant categories is not readily available in my Department.