Capital funding of €49.656 million is provided in the 2008 Revised Estimates for Public Services for the combined funding of the Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. This represents the amount available for recoupment to local authorities in respect of individual grants paid under the Schemes. The Housing Aid for Older People Scheme is funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority.
The Housing Aid for Older People Scheme will also, in due course, be funded from monies previously allocated to the Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Grant Scheme, following the transfer of the Scheme from the HSE to the local authorities. Notification of capital allocations for 2008 in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability will shortly issue to local authorities.