Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 November 2018
289. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of an application by Westmeath County Council (details supplied) for supplementary funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Disabled Persons Grants Scheme, capital funding is provided to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to the existing social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants. My Department has recently given funding approval for the construction of extensions to 2 local authority houses in Ballynacarrigy and Castletowngeoghegan, Co. Westmeath. It is now a matter for the local authority to put arrangements in place for the necessary works to be carried out.
