Green Party Senator and European candidate for Dublin, Deirdre De Burca, welcomed news of €14.4 million for the funding of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in private houses in Dublin city.

The grants totalling €79.56 million for all of Ireland were announced by the Minister for Housing and Local Services and will be administered by Dublin City Council. The grants will be used by older and disabled people in the community to adapt their homes, making them more comfortable and accessible.                   

Local authorities around Ireland paid 12,094 individual grants to private houses under the schemes in 2008 and carried out works of adaptation to 1,323 local authority rented dwellings.

Senator De Burca said, “I am delighted to hear of this latest wave of grants for the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability.  These Schemes are vitally important in assisting older people and people with a disability to continue to live in their own homes and communities with the dignity that they deserve.

“More than 120,000 grants have been allocated to communities around Ireland since 1997. This has enabled over 120,000 older people or people with a disability around Ireland to remain living in their own homes and stay part of the local community.

“The benefits of helping people to live at home in their own community cannot be underestimated. This latest wave of grants proves the government’s dedication to improving facilities for vulnerable groups in the community,” added Senator De Burca.

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