The administration of the essential repairs grants scheme is a matter for each local authority. My Department's role relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of grants.
The information available to my Department on activity under the essential repairs grant scheme by local authorities is published in my Department's annual housing statistics bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Information in relation to 1999 is currently being sought from Mayo County Council and will be contained in the 1999 bulletin, which is due for publication at the end of March.