53 Mr. Leonard asked the Minister for the Environment the number of disabled persons grants approved in each county for the last accounting period. [24286/96]

The latest available information on activity under the disabled persons grants scheme, including the number of grants approved, is published in my Department's annual housing statistics bulletin, 1995, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Information in relation to 1996 is currently being sought from local authorities and will be contained in the 1996 bulletin, which is due for publication at the end of March.