Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
536. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding that is required for disabled persons’ grants and elderly persons’ grants will be made available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/15]
View answerExchequer funding of over €37 million was provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Combined with an additional 20% contribution by individual local authorities, there was an overall spend last year of €46.3 million in this area. I am pleased to confirm that the 2015 amount will increase by some 10% to give a combined spend of €50.5 million. The 2015 allocations are currently under consideration in my Department and will issue to local authorities very shortly.
