asked the Minister for the Environment when a £5,000 grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan.

The processing of applications for the £5,000 grant is a matter for the appropriate local authority up to the stage of certification for payment. A certificate by the local authority confirming that this applicant has complied with all the conditions for payment of the grant has not yet been received by my Department.

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asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford.

The grant has now been paid.

43.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.

The grant will be paid as soon as possible.

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asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.

There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from the person named. There is, however, an application from a person with a similar name and a broadly similar address. In that case the grant has been paid.