asked the Minister for the Environment if he will arrange for the allocation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2, of surplus funds raised on the National Lottery to meet housing grant funding requirements, which can create employment in the construction sector.
Written Answers. - House Improvement Grant Application.
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The application for a house improvement grant has been disallowed because it was received on 30 March 1987 and, accordingly, could not have had an inspection carried out on or before 27 March 1987 as required by the terms of the Governments's decision to abolish the grants scheme.
The various housing grants schemes are funded out of the relevant provisions in the Environment Estimate, which total £122.5 million in 1987. I do not consider it appropriate that I should ask the Government to extend the purposes to which the proceeds of the National Lottery may be applied, as laid down in the National Lottery Act, 1986, by including the funding of housing grants.