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Grants by Minister for essential repairs.
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23.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section and to such regulations as may be made by the Minister for the purposes of this section, the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, a grant to a person in occupation of a house situate in a county health district carrying out essential repairs to the house.
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(2) A grant may be made under this section if, but only if—
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(a) the housing authority furnish to the Minister a certificate of the authority stating, and the Minister is satisfied, that the house cannot be made fit for human habitation, in all respects, at a reasonable cost and that the repairs in respect of which the grant is proposed to be made constitute at least the repairs that are necessary in order to prolong the life of the house, and
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(b) the repairs in respect of which the grant is proposed to be made are carried out in a satisfactory and efficient manner.
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(3) The repairs to a house in respect of which a grant is proposed to be made under this section may, with the consent of the person in occupation of the house, be carried out by the housing authority and, if the repairs are carried out by the authority, the Minister may pay the grant to the authority.
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(4) A grant under this section shall not exceed—
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(a) two-thirds of the amount estimated by the Minister to be the cost of the repairs in respect of which the grant is made, or
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(b) eighty pounds,
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whichever is the less.
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(5) A grant shall not be made under this section in respect of a house in respect of which a grant has previously been made under this section or section 5 of the Act of 1962.
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