Co Louth received the 15th largest sum in the country this year in terms of funding for the housing aid for elderly scheme, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids grant.
The three schemes are operated each year with Louth receiving €1,016,769 in funding for 2014 – up from €963,068 in 2013 and €949,012 in 2012. This year’s funding is slightly behind the 2011 allocation for the county of €1,076,573 though.
It is a matter for the Local Authority as to how they apportion their overall allocation between the three measures. The schemes are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department of the Environment together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority.
Councillors in Louth have been critical in the past that the fund is not enough to cater for all those in need.
