asked the Minister for the Environment (i) the number of new house grant applications received by his Department since the instigation of the scheme from the greater Longford area; (ii) the number of reconstruction grant applications received by his Department since the extension of the scheme from the greater Longford area and (iii) the number of grants at (i) and (ii) above which have been paid to date.

By 28 November 1986 no applications had been received from County Longford for the £2,250 new house grant and approximately 1,340 applications had been received for house improvement grants. The number of improvement grants paid was 185.