Vol. 574 No. 1
493 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the extension of time for the first time buyer's grant, a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will now qualify for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26248/03]
Applications under the new house grant scheme, which was terminated as and from 14 November 2002, were required to be received in my Department on or before 4 December 2002 and receipt of notification that the house was complete and occupied and the claim for payment received by 13 November 2003. However, the deadline for completion and occupation of the house and receipt of request for payment has now been extended to 2 April 2004 to allow ample opportunity to all those applicants who have found that, through no fault of their own, there has been unavoidable delay in completing their house. In this particular case, as an application was not received on or before 4 December 2002 a grant cannot be allowed.
