Housing Grants

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 April 2013

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Ceisteanna (184)

Robert Troy

Ceist:

184. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will allocate the much needed funding to Westmeath County Council for housing grants. [19191/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O'Sullivan)

On 22 February 2013 I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. This year I allocated local authorities the full amount of their contractual commitments which, in the case of Westmeath County Council, amounted to €47,803. The balance of the available funding was allocated on the basis of each authority’s share of the new applications on hand in January 2013. This brought Westmeath County Council’s overall allocation to €435,722. On 22 April I announced a supplementary allocation of €1.2m to 13 Local Authorities which included €145,844 for Westmeath County Council bringing their overall allocation to €581,566.