Housing (Building Facilities) (Amendment) Act, 1924

Grants to local authorities erecting or reconstructing houses.

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 local authorities erecting or reconstructing houses under the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921.

(2) The amount of any grant made to a local authority in respect of any houses shall not exceed the total of the appropriate sums specified in Part I. of the Schedule to the Principal Act as the maximum grant by the Minister in respect of each of those houses.

(3) Sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the aggregate amount of the grants made or to be made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the said section together with the aggregate amount of the grants to be made under this section shall not exceed the sum of £250,000 in respect of the erection of houses or the sum of £50,000 in respect of the reconstruction of houses.