13,000 older and disabled people to benefit from over €117 million Housing Adaptation Grant funding

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne, Minister with responsibility for Older Persons, Kieran O’Donnell and Minister with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, John Cummins have today announced allocations to local authorities of over €117 million for Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People.

The €99.5 million exchequer funding combined with the local authority contribution, represents an overall funding of €117m- an increase of 26% compared to 2024.

Following a review completed last year, the Government has also introduced significant improvements in the grant including:

• an increase in the maximum level of Housing Adaption Grant for Disabled People to €40,000 (an increase of €10,000)
• an increase in the maximum level of the Housing Aid for Older People Grant to €10,700 (an increase of €2,700); and
• an increase in the maximum level of the Mobility Aid Grant of €8,000 (an increase of €2,000)

Commenting today Minister Browne said:

Minister of State with responsibility for Older People, Kieran O’Donnell T.D. said:

Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, John Cummins T.D. said:

The Housing (Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People) Regulations 2024 provided the legal basis for the introduction of the recommendations set out in the review completed in 2024.

The key changes included an increase in the grant limits of over 30%, an increase of 25% in the income thresholds for eligibility. The legislation also adjusts the burden sharing for local authorities by reducing the local authority funding contribution to 15% (from the existing 20%).