Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1967
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Grants in relation to additional houses. |
3.—Section 3 of the Act of 1929 shall be amended as follows: | |
(a) the following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (7): | ||
“(7) (a) Where, in the case of a person who is ordinarily resident in an area which is one of the areas for the time being determined to be Gaeltacht areas by order under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No. 21 of 1956), and who is not the occupier of a dwelling-house, such person shows to the satisfaction of the Minister that the Irish language is the language habitually used by him, the Minister may, in his discretion but subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to him a grant (in this Act also referred to as a building grant) towards the erection of a dwelling-house in any such area for occupation by him. | ||
(b) Where the occupier of a dwelling-house in an area which is one of the areas mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection proposes to erect, in any such area, a new dwelling-house otherwise than in substitution for the first-mentioned dwelling-house, the Minister may, in his discretion but subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to such occupier a grant (in this Act also referred to as a building grant) towards the erection of the new dwelling-house.”; and | ||
(b) the following subsection is hereby inserted after subsection (8): | ||
“(9) Where the occupier of a dwelling-house in an area which is one of the areas for the time being determined to be Gaeltacht areas by order under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No. 21 of 1956), satisfies the Minister that he is entitled to a beneficial interest in possession in another dwelling-house in such an area which interest the Minister considers sufficient for the purposes of this subsection, the Minister may, in his discretion but subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to such occupier any or all of the following: | ||
(a) an improving grant under subsection (2) of this section towards the improvement or extension of the other dwelling-house, provided that the Minister is satisfied both that the improvement or extension is desirable and that the expense thereof can be economically incurred; | ||
(b) a sanitation grant under subsection (5) of this section in relation to the other dwelling-house, provided that the Minister is satisfied that the condition of the other dwelling-house is such as justifiesthe provision and installation or the improvement, as may be appropriate, of the facilities to which such grant relates; | ||
(c) a special extension grant under subsection (6) of this section in relation to the other dwelling-house, provided that the Minister is satisfied both that the provision of an extension, for the accommodation of visitors, to such dwelling-house is desirable and that the requirements of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of the said subsection are complied with.” |