COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 13, 2021

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

Can the Chief Executive advise this Council regarding documents relating to Housing Requests, Grants, Purchase Schemes etc, received from the general public, in the period 1st January 2021 to August 2021 have been fully accounted for and distributed to the Individual departments concerned? This request follows on from representations received from citizens who claim that they are advised that their documentation is missing or has gone astray.

REPLY: 

All documentation received relating to housing requests, grants, purchase schemes etc. are opened and reviewed daily for distribution to the relevant sections within the housing department.  All documentation as received during the period January to August 2021, has been accounted for with the exception of one housing adaptation grant and additional documentation in support of one Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Application which was hand delivered to County Hall. This has subsequently been rectified with the applicants. The grants team also liaised with the grant applicant directly and received a copy of the application to progress accordingly.

While all post received by the private housing adaptations grants section is reviewed on a daily basis to prioritise applications for those in hospital/care homes needing a grant to facilitate their return to home and also grant payment requests following completion of works, there is currently a backlog of approximately five weeks in registration of applications received. Matters are in hand to reduce this backlog.