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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 08, 2021

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive to set out, in tabular form by area, the number of applications for DPG works made in 2019 and 2020, the number of which were successful, and the average time between date of application to date of completion of works, in respect of the successful applications.

REPLY:

The Council approved a total of 357 Housing Adaptation Grants in 2019 and a further 389 grants in 2020.  All grant applications received were successful and approvals for each grant are valid for 6 months (with provision for time extensions in exceptional circumstances) and the responsibility for completion of works rests with the applicant and works are generally completed within this period.

As part of preparations for the introduction of the integrated housing system, reporting of new grant applications by local electoral area commenced from November 2020 with details as follows for November and December 2020 and are set out in the table below:

Local Electoral Area (LEA)

Applications received Nov 2020

Applications received  Dec 2020

Clondalkin

8

7

Firhouse-Bohernabreena

0

3

Lucan

6

6

Palmerstown-Fonthill

2

1

Rathfarnham-Templeogue

13

9

Tallaght Central

10

11

Tallaght South

1

2

Totals

40

39