Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1959
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Holiday chalet building grants, hostel building grants. |
4.— The Act of 1929 is hereby amended by the insertion after section 3 of the following section : | |
“3A. (1) 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 proposes to erect in any of the said areas a holiday chalet, 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 provisions of the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to such person a grant (in this Act referred to as a holiday chalet building grant) towards the erection of the chalet and the grant shall not exceed £200 or one-half of the estimated cost of the chalet (whichever is the less). | ||
(2) Where a body of persons proposes to erect, 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), a hostel for the accommodation of visitors and to furnish the hostel, the Minister may, in his discretion but subject to the provisions of this Act and the provisions of the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to such body a grant (in this Act referred to as a hostel building grant) towards the erection and furnishing of the hostel and the grant shall not exceed £5,000 or three-quarters of the estimated cost of the hostel and its furniture (whichever is the less). | ||
(3) A person shall not be eligible for more than one holiday chalet building grant.” |