asked the Minister for the Environment when payment of a new house grant will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford.

The grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and all the conditions of the grant scheme have been fulfilled. An inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks.

31.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will confirm that the file of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in connection with an application for a home improvement grant has gone for inspection.

A grant of £6,005 has been approved in this case following an inspection.

32.

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

The grant will be paid within a few weeks.

33.

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

The grant will be paid within a few weeks.

34.

(Limerick West) asked the Minister for the Environment when the amount of a house improvement grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.

A grant of £800 will be paid within a few weeks.

35.

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

A grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house is completed and occupied and that all the conditions of the grant scheme have been fulfilled. The inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks.

36.

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

There is no record of the receipt in my Department of an application for a house improvement grant for the person named.

37.

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

A new house grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the house has been satisfactorily completed and occupied and that all the conditions of the grant scheme have been fulfilled. The file in this case is at present with my Department's inspector for investigation and report with a view to payment of the grant. This inspection will be carried out as soon as possible.

Payment of the first instalment of the mortgage subsidy will be made following payment of the grant and on receipt of the appropriate claim form duly completed and certified by the relevant lending agency.