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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, June 23, 2025

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor A. Smyth

"Can I get an outline to how many SDCC housing and private housing in Tallaght, are currently waiting on housing adaption grants and to what stage of the process these are at?"

REPLY:

Under the Housing (Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People) Regulations 2024, grants are provided to support individuals with disabilities by ensuring necessary adaptations, repairs, or improvements are made to their private homes to better suit their needs.  The grant is also to provide assistance to older people (66 and over) living in poor housing conditions with essential repairs or upgrades. 

In 2025 to date, a total of 79 grants have been approved in the Tallaght area. The Council currently has 81 applications from the Tallaght area on hand, which are at various stages of the approval process as outlined below:

Stage 1 :

All applications undergo an initial inspection and validation phase, during which each submission is assessed.  This process may be delayed if applicant has submitted incomplete information.  An average of 65.65% of applications lack required documents at date of submission.  To address this, the team actively liaises with applicants to obtain missing documentation  to expediate the validation process.   

Stage 2:

An estimated cost for the proposed works for grant approval is prepared

Stage 3:

A review is carried out by Senior Management prior to approval of grant amount. 

Stage 4:

Approval letter is issued to applicants including detailed information on the grant approval and the next steps involved. 

The Disabled Person's Grants (DPG) scheme is available for council tenants who require alterations to be carried out to their council home to assist with their disability needs.  Applicants are required to submit a completed application form together with a fully completed Doctors certificate and a full Occupational Therapist (OT) report.

To date this year a total of 37 applications have been received from tenants in the Tallaght local electoral area.  Fully completed applications with a full Occupational Therapist report are added to the list and works are prioritised based on the level of priority assessed by the General Practitioner.