€3.81 million has been allocated for Housing Adaptation Grants in Limerick to allow older and disabled people live independently in their own homes.
The Government will provide €3.05 million with Limerick City and County Council providing the remaining €763,088 of the 2023 funding allocation.
Grants of up to €30,000 are available to disabled people in making their homes more suitable for their needs while grants of up to €8,000 are available to older people to have improvements carried out on their homes.
Grants of up to €6,000 are also available for the purchase of mobility aids.
Welcoming the latest allocation, Limerick Minister of State Kieran O’Donnell said that it would build on the success of last year when the number of home adaptations initially targeted was exceeded.
“We want to empower and enable people to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible – these grants help us to do just that. They also provide a boost the local Limerick economy, creating employment opportunities for local contractors,” he explained.
“I am also pleased that funding for local authorities to administer Housing Adaptation Grants has been increasing year-on-year since 2014. These grants have a huge bearing on the home life of their many beneficiaries and play a critical role in helping disabled people and those reaching an age when they are less mobile, to continue to live independently in their own homes,” Minister Noonan added.
Nationally, €83.125 million has been allocated for these grants to benefit 12,300 people, a 2.3 per cent increase on the 2022 allocation.
