asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the nine months delay in the payment of a reconstruction grant to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; when payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

There is no record of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant from the person named in respect of the address given. An application was, however, received from a person with the same name from a broadly similar address. There has been no undue delay in dealing with that case which was covered by the special dispensation from prior inspection announced last February. Following a final inspection, it was necessary to seek additional information from the applicant and this has recently been received. Arrangements are being made to pay the maximum grant of £2,000 within the next few weeks.

82.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will pay a house improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.

The grant will be paid within a few weeks.

83.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a final inspection for a house improvement grant will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.

A final inspection will be carried out within a few weeks.

84.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid a £2,000 grant.

Where a house is built otherwise than by contract, the £2,000 grant is payable only where such a house was not substantially completed by 1 May 1985. In this case the Department's inspector certified that a £1,000 grant should be paid and payment was made accordingly on 11 September 1986. The applicant has been requested to submit evidence in support of his claim for the higher rate of grant and the case will be further considered on receipt of that information.

85.

asked the Minister for the Environment when he will pay a house improvement grant to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford whose work has been inspected and passed about two months ago.

The grant has been paid.

86.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will have an inspection carried out in respect of a house improvement grant as soon as possible for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.

The application was among those covered by the dispensation from prior inspection announced last February. Notification issued to the applicant authorising him to proceed with the work in respect of which his application was made subject to the conditions of the scheme (other than the prior inspection requirement) applicable when he applied for the grant. As requested, an inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks.

87.

asked the Minister for the Environment when an inspection will be carried out and payment of a new house grant will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

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

88.

asked the Minister for the Environment when an inspection of a new house will be carried out and payment of a grant will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

An inspection was recently carried out but the House is not occupied. The applicant should notify my Department when the house is complete and occupied on a full time basis so that a further inspection can be arranged with a view to a payment of a grant.

89.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will expedite the issue of a certificate of approval in connection with the home improvement grant application of a person (details supplied) in County Laois.

Notification of grant approval has issued to the applicant.

90.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a final inspection for a new house grant.

The inspection will be carried out in the next few weeks.

91.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive his final inspection; and if he will give an approximate time for the inspection.

The inspection will be carried out within the next few weeks.

92.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who applied for a house improvement grant six weeks ago, will receive results of the inspection.

An inspection with a view to the approval of a grant will be carried out within the next few weeks and the applicant will then be notified of the outcome.

93.

asked the Minister for the Environment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has only received £1,500 mortgage subsidy; and if he will make arrangements for the payment of the remaining £1,500 as soon as possible.

It is a condition of the mortgage subsidy scheme that any instalment cannot exceed the amount of the loan repayments made in the period to which the instalment relates. On this basis the combined amount of the first two instalments was £1,282, being the amount of his mortgage repayments for the two qualifying periods. He was paid the maximum amount of £1,500 in respect of the remaining four instalments and, accordingly, received total mortgage subsidy of £2,782, which was his full entitlement.

94.

asked the Minister for the Environment the reasons a house improvement grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.

The application was rejected because contrary to a qualifying condition of the scheme the windows were not considered to be in need of replacement.

95.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a £5,000 new house grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22.

The grant will be paid within the next few weeks.

96.

asked the Minister for the Environment when a house improvement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22.

The grant will be paid when an inspection establishes that the work has been satisfactorily completed. That inspection will be carried out within a few weeks.

97.

asked the Minister for the Environment the rate of grant approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has carried out a major extension to his house and has applied for a grant under the old and new reconstruction grant schemes.

A grant of £600 has been paid under the 1981 scheme for the provision of bathroom facilities. The applicant's entitlement to a grant under the current scheme for other works is being examined and he will be informed of the outcome.

98.

asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in having an inspection carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with a view to having approval for a house improvement grant issued where the application was made last June.

There is no record of the receipt of an application for a house improvement grant under the current scheme from the person named. There is, however, such an application under the 1981 scheme but the approval of a grant has been deferred pending the submission of evidence of planning permission for the work as requested from the applicant on 30 August 1982.

99.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will arrange for the immediate payment of the second instalment of a mortgage subsidy to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny where the claim was lodged to his Department last September.

The second instalment of the subsidy was paid on 19 June 1985. The third instalment will be paid within the next few weeks.

100.

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

A grant cannot be allowed as, in accordance with the conditions of the scheme, a period of seven years has not elapsed since payment of a previous reconstruction grant in June 1981.

101.

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

On receipt of the inspector's report that the works have been satisfactorily completed arrangements will be made for payment of the grant.