asked the Minister for the Environment when £750 which is the first instalment of a mortgage subsidy and the £1,000 new house grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow.

The £1,000 grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and the other conditions applying to the grant scheme have been complied with. An early inspection is being arranged.

The applicant's eligibility for the mortgage subsidy and for payment of the first instalment is being investigated.

564.

asked the Minister for the Environment the position in relation to the payment of a house improvement grant under the old scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.

Under the Housing Regulations, 1980 (as amended), it was necessary for payment of a house improvement grant that the work be satisfactorily completed on or before 30 June 1981. As this statutory requirement was not complied with in this case a grant cannot be paid.

565.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a change of dependence-on-oil grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.

Under the Housing Regulations, 1980, the latest date for the receipt of an application for a solid fuel grant was 1 February 1980.

As the application in this case was not received until 23 February 1981, a grant cannot be paid. The applicant was informed accordingly on 4 March 1981.

566.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will arrange to pay a new house grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as all the work has been completed.

The grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied.