Housing Act, 1925

Grants which may be made by the Minister.

3.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make grants out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas to—

(a) persons or public utility societies erecting or reconstructing houses to which this Act applies; and

(b) local authorities erecting or reconstructing houses in pursuance of the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, or of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, in accordance with schemes approved by the Minister.

(2) The amount of any grant made under this section in respect of any house shall not exceed the sum specified in Part I. of the Second Schedule to this Act as appropriate to such house.

(3) The aggregate amount of the grants to be made under this section shall not exceed the sum of £300,000.

(4) The Minister shall not make a grant under this section in respect of—

(a) a house in respect of which a grant was made by the Minister under the Housing (Building Facilities) Acts, 1924;

(b) a house erected in accordance with a reinstatement condition within the meaning of section 10 of the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 (No. 15 of 1923);

(c) a house which is erected on or on any part of the site of a building in respect of the destruction of which compensation has been awarded under the said Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 , or in respect of the destruction of which a report has been made under section 15 of the said Act;

(d) a reconstructed house where compensation has been awarded under the provisions of the said Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 , in respect of damage to the building before reconstruction or where a report has been made under section 15 of the said Act in respect of such damage;

(e) a reconstructed house unless before such reconstruction the existing building to be reconstructed has been certified by an officer appointed by the Minister for the purpose or (in the case of an appeal to the Minister from a refusal by such officer so to certify) by the Minister to be suitable for conversion into a house or houses to which this Act applies.