Parliamentary Question: Supporting Job Creation

Question to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government (Mr. Alan Kelly, TD)

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department for the mobility aids grant scheme in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department for the housing aid for older people scheme in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department to Cork City and County Councils for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department to Cork City and County Councils for the mobility aids grant scheme in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money allocated by his Department to Cork City and County Councils for the housing aid for older people scheme in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer

For answers WRITTEN ANSWERS on Thursday, 15 January 2015

REPLY

Under the terms of the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which is administered by the local authorities, grants are available to assist households with specific needs to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their homes. Three separate schemes are available – the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and the Housing Aid for Older People Scheme. The schemes are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the local authority. The Exchequer funding provided by my Department for the last 4 years across the three measures is set out in Table 1 below. The funding for Cork City and County for these measures over the same period is in Table 2.

 

Table 1: Exchequer funding