STAIR LIFT GRANT
STAIR LIFT MOBILITY GRANT
The Mobility Aids Grant Scheme provides grants for works designed to address mobility problems in the home.
Such as the purchase and installation of grab-rails, a level access shower, access ramps or a stair-lift.
If you need more extensive works done, or if you do not qualify under the means test, you can apply for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability instead. Depending on your situation, the Housing Aid for Older Persons Scheme may be more suitable for you.
The scheme is primarily for older people, but people with a disability can also apply for it.
If you need more extensive works done, or if you do not qualify under the means test, you can apply for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability instead. Depending on your situation, the Housing Aid for Older Persons Scheme may be more suitable for you.
These 3 schemes are administered by local authorities, under the Housing (Adaptation Grants for Older People and People With A Disability), Regulations 2007, which were amended by new Regulations in 2014.
The Mobility Aids Grant Scheme is available to people with a household income of less than €30,000 per year.
The grant can be paid to people in:
You must satisfy the local authority that you will occupy the property as your normal place of residence when the works have been done. If you are a tenant, you must also get written approval from your landlord.
Your application for the grant will be prioritised according to your medical need. Highest priority will be given to people who are terminally ill, or where alterations or adaptations would facilitate their discharge from hospital or the continuance of care in their own home.
When the local authority receives your application, it may request an occupational therapist’s (OT) assessment. The local authority can arrange for this, or you can employ an OT yourself and recoup up to €200 of the cost from the local authority as part of the grant, subject to the maximum grant limit of €6,000.
Yes all grant funding is means tested
NO you must first apply and recieve a letter of approval prior to any work commencing
No councils and local authorities generally do not fund reconditioned or second hand stairlifts or thru floor lifts
Yes there are 2 other grants available for larger works
1 the disabled persons grant
2 the housing adaptations grant
Both available from your local authority and both meàns tested