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Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
Details of recoupments to Meath County Council under each of the various grant measures
for the period 2009 to date are set out in the following table:
Year Housing Adaptation Grant Housing Aid for Older Mobility Aids Grant
for People with a
People
Disability
2009 €47,125 €227,666 €10,160
2010 €962,725 €199,101 €309,497
2011 €741,758 €395,919 €47,263
2012 Nil Nil Nil
Allocations under the grant schemes for this year will be notified to local authorities as soon
as possible after the publication of the 2012 Revised Estimates for Public Services. Information
on the status of applicants, including information relating to those in receipt of pensions, is not
available in my Department.
Local Authority Housing
457. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local
Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists in each local authority in the State;
on average the number of persons applying to be on the housing list every month; if this trend
in increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8188/12]
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
(Deputy Jan O’Sullivan): My Department does not hold information on the number of households
on local authorities’ waiting lists. This figure continuously fluctuates as households are
allocated housing and new households apply for housing support. Detailed information on the
latest statutory assessment of housing need carried out in March 2011, including a breakdown
by housing authority, is available on my Department’s website — www.environ.ie or on the
Housing Agency’s website at www.housing.ie.
Water and Sewerage Schemes
458. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local
Government the position regarding the improvement project of the Kilmallock town, County
Limerick sewerage scheme. [8204/12]
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan):
The Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the
Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water
services infrastructure in County Limerick. The Programme includes contracts under construction
and to commence to the value of some €29 million in the county during the life of the
Programme.
The Kilmallock Sewerage Scheme, wastewater treatment plant (Design Build Operate) contract
is included among the contracts to start during the period of the Programme at an estimated
cost of €3.4 million. Limerick County Council’s recent request for confirmation that the
necessary funding is in place to allow them accept the most economically advantageous tender
for the contract is under examination in my Department. A decision will be conveyed to the
Council as soon as possible.
Question No. 459 answered with Question No. 440.
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