I propose to take Questions Nos. 2901 to 2906, inclusive, together.
My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. There are three separate grant schemes available, being the Housing Aid for Older People Grant, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability. Funding of €71.25 million was allocated for the three schemes in 2019, with responsibility for the apportionment between them being a matter for each local authority.
Information on these grant schemes for the years 2016 - 2018, showing the numbers of grants funded per annum and the funding provided to each local authority, including Waterford City & County Council, is available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.
The following table contains details of the 2019 exchequer funding drawn down by all local authorities, including Waterford City & County Council, in respect of these grants up to the end of June this year. These amounts do not necessarily represent what each local authority has spent, as funding may have been spent but not yet claimed from my Department. Also, the amounts shown for exchequer draw down, are topped up by each local authority's own 20% contribution.
Local Authority
|
Exchequer draw down up to 30 June 2019
|
Carlow
|
€424,557
|
Cavan
|
€146,827
|
Clare
|
€312,686
|
Cork County
|
€1,469,782
|
Cork City
|
€311,419
|
Donegal
|
€314,034
|
Dublin City
|
€3,267,142
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
€445,345
|
Fingal
|
€786,707
|
Galway County
|
€459,992
|
Galway City
|
€357,675
|
Kerry
|
€709,926
|
Kildare
|
€483,383
|
Kilkenny
|
€629,414
|
Laois
|
€25,228
|
Leitrim
|
€35,133
|
Limerick
|
€908,949
|
Longford
|
€130,630
|
Louth
|
€0
|
Mayo
|
€574,887
|
Meath
|
€661,350
|
Monaghan
|
€697,138
|
Offaly
|
€31,906
|
Roscommon
|
€312,214
|
Sligo
|
€418,069
|
South Dublin
|
€982,092
|
Tipperary
|
€1,094,658
|
Waterford
|
€516,223
|
Westmeath
|
€197,881
|
Wexford
|
€898,562
|
Wicklow
|
€70,937
|
Over the course of each year, my Department works closely with all local authorities, to monitor spend and to achieve a full drawdown of the available funding. As the year progresses, any underspend is redistributed to those local authorities with high levels of grant activity who sought additional funding.