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Grants by Minister for reconstruction or improvement of houses.
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3.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to regulations under this section, make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to a person reconstructing or executing improvement works on a house, in respect of each separate dwelling forming part of the house after the completion of the reconstruction or the improvement works, as the case may be, a grant of such amount as may be appropriate having regard to subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a grant to a person under this section in respect of a house shall not exceed—
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(a) in case the person reconstructs or improves a house for his own occupation, and derives his livelihood solely or mainly from the pursuit of agriculture and the rateable value, or the aggregate of the rateable value, of the land (if any) and buildings occupied by him does not exceed fifty pounds, two-thirds of the amount estimated by the Minister to be the cost of the reconstruction or the improvement works, as the case may be, and
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(b) in any other case, one-third of the amount estimated by the Minister to be the cost of the reconstruction or the improvement works.
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(3) A grant under this section shall not exceed—
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(a) in the case of a dwelling containing not more than three rooms, one hundred pounds,
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(b) in the case of a dwelling containing four rooms, one hundred and twenty pounds, and
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(c) in the case of a dwelling containing five or more rooms, one hundred and forty pounds.
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(4) A grant shall not be made under this section in respect of a house unless—
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(a) the Minister is satisfied that the house is suitable for reconstruction or for the execution of improvement works thereon, and
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(b) the reconstruction or the execution of the improvement works was commenced or is commenced on or after the 1st day of April, 1962, and is in compliance with the regulations under this section.
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(5) Where the Minister makes a grant under this section in respect of a house, the valuation of the tenement consisting of or including the house shall not, on any valuation or revision of the valuation thereof coming into force within seven years after the completion of the reconstruction or of the improvement works, be increased on account of any increase in the value of such tenement arising from the reconstruction or the improvement works.
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(6) In this and in the next following section “reconstruction” and “improvement works” in relation to a house include any works carried out in relation to the house (whether for the purpose of extending, enlarging or improving the house) that, in the opinion of the Minister, are reasonably necessary for the purpose of rendering the house more suitable for human habitation, but do not include decoration, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.
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(7) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section.
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