Housing Act, 1966

Grants by Minister for provision of houses.

15.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to such regulations as may be made by the Minister for the purposes of this section, make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to a person providing one or more thanone house in respect of which a grant under any enactment (including this Act) has not been made, a grant of such amount as may be appropriate having regard to subsection (2) of this section if, but only if—

(a) the house or each house contains at least three rooms and the total area of all the floors of the house when measured in the prescribed manner is neither less than five hundred square feet nor more than—

(i) in case of a house in which sewerage facilities and a piped water supply are installed, fifteen hundred square feet,

(ii) in any other case, fourteen hundred square feet, and

(b) in case the house or each house is provided by a public utility society, the first occupier of the house or each house is a member of the society who occupies it as his normal place of residence.

(2) A grant under this section in respect of a house shall not exceed the appropriate amount specified in the Table hereunder:

TABLE

Amount of Grant

Person to whom grant may be made by Minister under this section

Where sewerage facilities and piped water supply cannot reasonably be provided

Where sewerage facilities and water supply are provided

Where sewerage facilities and piped water supply are provided in an area where a public sewerage scheme or a public water supply is not available

Number of rooms in house

Number of rooms in house

Number of rooms in house

3

4

5 or more

3

4

5 or more

3

4

5 or more

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Person (other than a public utility society) providing house

125

175

225

175

225

275

200

250

300

Public utility society providing house

135

185

235

185

235

285

210

260

310