Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2015
187. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the improvement works in lieu of local authority housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra188. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the mobility aids grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39814/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra189. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the housing aid for older persons scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39815/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra190. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 187 to 190, inclusive, together.
A total funding allocation for 2015 of €11m nationally was made to support local authorities in undertaking adaptations and extensions to their social housing stock to meet the needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding, and for improvement works in lieu of provision of local authority housing. Details of the 2015 allocations are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/GeneralNews/MainBody,41581,en.htm.
A total funding allocation for 2015 of €50.5m nationally was made for the Housing Adaptation Grants Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. Three separate schemes are available – the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People. Details of the 2015 allocations are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/GeneralNews/MainBody,41581,en.htm.
The detailed administration of these schemes, including the apportionment of funding between the various grant measures and the assessment, approval and payment of grants to individual applicants, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
