asked the Minister for the Environment when the house improvement grants scheme will be widened to cover all house improvements as outlined in the budget.

The Minister for Finance, in his budget statement, indicated that the Government had decided to widen the scope of the existing scheme of house improvement grants to include an additional category of works, viz., major necessary works to the basic fabric of the house. I have recently announced full details of this grant.

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asked the Minister for the Environment when his Department will pay a house improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath.

This grant was paid on 21 April 1982.