Housing Act, 1988

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Grants or subsidies by Minister for dwellings, sites and assistance provided by housing authorities.

15.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to such regulations as may be made by the Minister under this section, pay to a housing authority, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, such grant or subsidy as may be prescribed in respect of—

(a) the provision of dwellings (including houses, flats, maisonettes and hostels) by the authority;

(b) the improvement or reconstruction of dwellings provided by the authority;

(c) the provision or improvement by the authority of sites for caravans within the meaning of section 13 for persons to whom that section applies;

(d) the acquisition of land for the provision of dwellings or sites referred to in this section;

(e) the carrying out of ancillary works in connection with the provision or improvement of dwellings or sites referred to in this section; and

(f) the provision of assistance under section 5 to a body approved of by the Minister for the purposes of that section.

(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)—

(a) make provision in relation to all or any one or more of the following matters irrespective of whether or not a grant or subsidy is, or was, paid under this section in respect of particular dwellings, sites, land or works:

(i) the determination of rents of dwellings let by the housing authority;

(ii) the sale of dwellings and the application by the housing authority of the proceeds of such sale;

(iii) contributions by a housing authority towards the costs incurred by that authority in respect of their housing services;

(iv) the management, maintenance and improvement of dwellings or sites; and

(v) requirements in relation to the payment of any other grant or subsidy in respect of a dwelling under any enactment (including this Act);

and

(b) insofar as they relate to the payment of a grant or subsidy under subsection (1) (f), make provision in relation to all or any one or more of the matters referred to in section 5 (6).

(3) A grant or subsidy shall not be paid under this section in respect of a dwelling, site or works unless the relevant dwelling, site or works comply on completion with such conditions, if any, as may, from time to time, be determined by the Minister for the purposes of this section in relation to standards of construction and of works and the provision of water, sewerage and other services in dwellings or sites.

(4) A subsidy under subsection (1) in respect of loan charges may be made either to the housing authority concerned or, on their behalf, to the person who made the relevant loan in respect of which the loan charges were incurred.