My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding (families who outgrow their current dwelling) and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require stairlifts or the installation of a downstairs bedroom or bathroom.
The funding provided for this scheme is supplemented by the Local Authorities’ Internal Capital receipts and/or Local Property Tax, where relevant. In this regard, no Exchequer funding was provided for the scheme to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils in 2015 and Fingal and Galway County Councils in 2016, as they used Local Property Tax receipts to fund any works.
The programme is operated on the basis of annual funding allocations to each local authority and it is a matter for each local authority to assess the specific needs in its area and to identify and prioritise the works necessary to meet those needs. The Department does not hold detailed information on individual works carried out for the period in question but information on their DPG programmes should be available from individual Local Authorities.
Details of the funding provided from 2010-2016 in respect of the DPG scheme are set out in the following table.
LA
|
2010 (€)
|
2011 (€)
|
2012 (€)
|
2013 (€)
|
2014 (€)
|
2015 (€)
|
2016 (€)
|
Carlow
|
50,000
|
433,987
|
491,828
|
166,342
|
190,068
|
249,549
|
209,276
|
Cavan
|
93,810
|
139,831
|
76,328
|
48,468
|
151,430
|
70,450
|
242,901
|
Clare
|
38,085
|
0
|
97,440
|
111,133
|
148,307
|
288,478
|
405,712
|
Cork City
|
697,727
|
858,066
|
168,262
|
489,465
|
313,377
|
561,058
|
1,046,293
|
Cork County
|
0
|
0
|
55,606
|
663,298
|
490,998
|
154,175
|
658,971
|
Donegal
|
256,021
|
175,939
|
141,667
|
176,973
|
160,461
|
294,669
|
120,957
|
Dublin City
|
338,183
|
430,587
|
1,661,596
|
638,764
|
610,487
|
431,668
|
1,154,041
|
DLR
|
300,835
|
329,224
|
631,463
|
392,168
|
373,599
|
0
|
270,184
|
Fingal
|
304,331
|
681,627
|
189,249
|
309,768
|
364,367
|
373,894
|
0
|
Galway City
|
156,453
|
273,376
|
101,280
|
67,195
|
172,951
|
139,802
|
116,425
|
Galway County
|
0
|
98,647
|
26,772
|
129,029
|
117,591
|
145,693
|
0
|
Kerry
|
146,174
|
450,860
|
263,369
|
210,175
|
58,949
|
205,783
|
119,233
|
Kildare
|
217,995
|
459,256
|
194,318
|
80,185
|
193,926
|
354,808
|
670,289
|
Kilkenny
|
147,181
|
348,203
|
302,575
|
282,185
|
326,193
|
273,482
|
206,041
|
Laois
|
36,421
|
183,362
|
106,504
|
92,037
|
53,957
|
117,527
|
152,486
|
Leitrim
|
70,000
|
122,198
|
32,398
|
26,201
|
48,260
|
65,826
|
96,301
|
Limerick
|
397,112
|
265,351
|
191,985
|
213,834
|
455,300
|
408,566
|
584,695
|
Longford
|
115,450
|
0
|
21,247
|
0
|
40,329
|
100,751
|
73,699
|
Louth
|
265,620
|
399,102
|
107,319
|
107,319
|
293,774
|
164,637
|
367,370
|
Mayo
|
118,180
|
67,561
|
80,733
|
77,698
|
106,886
|
133,781
|
96,401
|
Meath
|
120,248
|
190,112
|
155,059
|
98,872
|
298,653
|
174,132
|
715,330
|
Monaghan
|
86,802
|
49,876
|
136,436
|
63,819
|
61,475
|
77,748
|
89,327
|
Offaly
|
0
|
288,403
|
74,320
|
163,837
|
39,937
|
284,271
|
212,483
|
Roscommon
|
186,445
|
94,173
|
169,628
|
106,052
|
341,853
|
99,524
|
98,964
|
Sligo
|
0
|
47,124
|
4,897
|
11,581
|
0
|
188,391
|
21,251
|
South Dublin
|
285,417
|
312,831
|
340,845
|
346,636
|
382,686
|
0
|
253,596
|
Tipperary
|
113,760
|
547,410
|
476,794
|
260,461
|
256,525
|
359,498
|
522,243
|
Waterford
|
292,712
|
225,731
|
395,748
|
274,778
|
122,270
|
381,269
|
292,125
|
Westmeath
|
57,903
|
102,837
|
46,574
|
46,976
|
87,059
|
140,446
|
144,627
|
Wexford
|
10,000
|
351,597
|
337,060
|
191,360
|
291,087
|
444,047
|
955,164
|
Wicklow
|
165,850
|
158,323
|
291,973
|
391,842
|
404,186
|
454,291
|
263,121
|