COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 10, 2017

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive if the Council has received additional funding from the government for the Home Adaption Scheme and will he confirm what actions he is taking to publicise the availability of this funding.

REPLY:

The Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has approved €1.5m funding towards housing adaptations grants to South Dublin County in May 2017.

Local Authority	EXCHEQUER FUNDING (80%)	LA FUNDING (20%)	COMBINED TOTAL
South Dublin	€1,255,472	€313,868	€1,569,340

No. of Private Grants Paid to End of June 2017	Value of Private Grants Paid to End of June	% of Budget Spent to End June 2017	Applications Approved but not paid	Applications on hand but not approved
117	€779,755	49%	104	77

South Dublin Co. Co. has spent €779, 7585.82 on private grants towards housing adaptations which represents 49% of Departmental Allocation for 2017. Housing department currently have 181 number of applications on hand and based on the number of grants approved to end of June it is anticipated that South Dublin Co. Co. will utilise the private grants budget allocation in full by the end 2017 and cater for valid applications on hand.