Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1959

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Grants in relation to houses.

3.—(1) Section 3 of the Act of 1929, as amended by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1953, is hereby further amended by the addition thereto of the following subsections :

“(5) (a) Where the Minister is satisfied that the condition of a dwelling-house in the Gaeltacht is such as justifies the provision and installation therein of a private water supply, the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the Regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of the dwelling-house a grant (in this Act also referred to as a sanitation grant) not exceeding fifty-five pounds towards such provision and installation.

(b) Where the Minister is satisfied that the condition of a dwelling-house in the Gaeltacht is such as justifies the provision and installation therein of sewerage facilities, the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of the dwelling-house a grant (in this Act also referred to as a sanitation grant) not exceeding thirty pounds towards such provision and installation.

(c) Where the Minister is satisfied that the condition of a dwelling-house in the Gaeltacht is such as justifies the provision and installation therein of a fitted bathroom including hot-water supply, the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of the dwelling-house a grant (in this Act also referred to as a sanitation grant) not exceeding one hundred and forty pounds towards such provision and installation.

(d) Any combination of the grants referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subsection may be made as one grant (in this Act also referred to as a sanitation grant).

(e) Where the Minister is satisfied that the water supply or sewerage system, or the water supply and sewerage system, of a house in the Gaeltacht is suitable for improvement, the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of the dwelling-house a grant (in this Act also referred to as a sanitation grant) not exceeding forty pounds towards the improvement of such water supply, sewerage system or water supply and sewerage system.

(6) (a) Where—

(i) the Minister is satisfied that the provision of an extension, for the accommodation of visitors, to 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), is desirable, and

(ii) a water supply and sewerage facilities which the Minister considers adequate are already installed or are being installed in the dwelling-house,

the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of the dwelling-house a grant (in this Act also referred to as a special extension grant) towards the provision of such extension and the grant shall not exceed the appropriate sum specified in the Table to this subsection.

(b) A grant under this subsection shall not be made if the extension is to a dwelling-house in relation to which there has or have previously been made—

(i) such a grant in respect of an extension containing, on completion, three or more rooms,

(ii) two such grants, one of them being a grant in respect of an extension containing, on completion, two rooms, or

(iii) three such grants.

TABLE.

Grants in Respect of Extensions For Accommodation of Visitors.

(7) 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 Graeltacht 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, subject to the provisions of this Act and the provisions of 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 of the said areas for occupation by him.

(8) An improving grant, sanitation grant or special extension grant shall not be made in relation to a dwelling-house which is a holiday chalet if a holiday chalet building grant or a loan under subsection (1A) of section 8 of this Act has been made in relation thereto.”

(2) A grant may be made under paragraph (d) of subsection (5) (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 in a case in which the combination of grants is a combination of the grants referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection and in which the work towards which the grant is made commenced before the passing of this Act, provided that such work commenced on or after the 30th day of June, 1958.

(3) A grant may be made under subsection (6) (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 in a case in which the work towards which the grant is made commenced before the passing of this Act provided that it commenced on or after the 1st day of April, 1959.

(4) The amount of a grant under subsection (7) (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 shall not exceed the appropriate sum specified in the First Schedule to this Act.