€341,000 to be spent on the Disabled Persons’ Grant Scheme in Donegal

More than €340,000 is being set aside for the Disabled Persons Grant Scheme in Donegal.
The Disabled Persons Grant Scheme provides funding for extensions and adaptations to existing social housing stock such as grab rails, disabled access ramps and wet rooms. The scheme also provides extensions in cases of overcrowding.
In addition, the scheme provides funding for Improvement Works in Lieu in order to improve or extend privately owned accommodation where the occupant is already approved for social housing, reducing the strain on current social housing stock.
In a statement, Donegal Minister Joe McHugh said some €304,000 will be paid by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, with an additional €37,000 coming from Donegal County Council.
The allocation is part of a total of €12million awarded nationally to the scheme.
Concluding, Minister McHugh said that he has been reassured that the scheme will be kept under review with further funding to be considered later in the year if the need arises.