Housing Adaptation Grant application form: where to get it, and how to fill it in

By the GrantHub Ireland team · Republic of Ireland · Last updated 21 October 2026

One form, three grants

• Housing Adaptation Grant: up to €40,000, for household incomes up to €75,000. Stairlifts, through-floor and platform lifts, accessible bathrooms, ramps, extensions. Needs an OT report for a lift, a hoist, an extension or a big change to a room.
• Mobility Aids Grant: up to €8,000, for household incomes up to €37,500. Stairlifts, grab rails, ramps and level-access showers. Needs an OT report only for a stairlift or a hoist.
• Housing Aid for Older People: up to €10,700, for people aged 66 or over. Essential repairs such as the roof, rewiring, windows and heating. Needs a trade report rather than an OT report.

Not sure which one fits? Check in two minutes, or read the full guide to the three grants.

Where to get your council’s form

Download it from your council’s website, usually under housing and then grants. You can also ask for a paper copy at the council offices, or phone the housing grants section and ask them to post one. The HSE does not issue this form, even for a stairlift: if you were looking for the HSE stair lift grant application form, this is the one you need.

Apply to the council for the area you live in. In Dublin, Cork and Galway there is more than one council, and your Eircode settles which.

Council websites move their forms around. If a link has stopped working, the council’s housing grants section will send you the current form.

What each part of the form asks for

Every council uses the national form, so the questions are the same. This is the order they come in.

1. The grants and the person. Tick the grant or grants you want. Then the person the works are for: name, address, Eircode, date of birth, PPS number, email and phone.
2. Someone applying on their behalf. If a son, daughter or carer is filling it in, their details and their relationship to the applicant.
3. Care and housing costs. Whether a relative cares for the person full time, the monthly rent or mortgage and any part the State pays, anyone in residential care or paying for home care, and any of these grants paid before.
4. The home. Who owns it, how long the person has lived there, whether they will live there when the work is finished, the type of house, and whether it is new or not yet built.
5. Local Property Tax, rooms and works. Whether LPT is in order, the rooms upstairs and downstairs, the work you want done and roughly what it will cost including VAT, and how many smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are fitted. Say exactly what the adaptation is and why it is needed.
6. Income and dependants. The gross income for the previous tax year of the owner and their spouse or partner (the tenant and spouse in a rented home), not everyone in the house. Then any children, and young people under 23 in full-time education, living there.
7. The Doctor’s Certificate. The GP writes the medical conditions and how they affect daily living, then signs and stamps it. The GP also ticks a priority level, from 1 (most urgent) to 3. It is needed for the Housing Adaptation and Mobility Aids grants, and for Housing Aid for Older People only if the work is urgent for medical reasons. Fill in the GP’s name and practice details yourself before the appointment, and bring the form with you.
8. The declaration. The person the grant is for signs and dates it by hand. Tick Yes if the council may talk to the person who helped fill it in.

What to send with the form

• An occupational therapist report, where the grant needs one (see above). It can be an HSE or a private OT. If the grant is paid, the council pays back up to €300 of a private OT’s fee as part of the grant. If you have none, the council can arrange an assessment after it gets your application. How the OT report works.
• A written, itemised quote, if your council asks for one with the form. The national form asks for no set number: after approval the council asks for information from the contractor, such as a quote and their tax reference number. Some councils set the grant from their own standard costs. How quotes work.
• Proof of income for the previous tax year, for the owner and their spouse or partner: a Revenue Statement of Liability (not a P60), the Revenue self-assessment for the self-employed, and a Department of Social Protection payment statement for payments that are not on the Statement of Liability, such as Disability Allowance and Fuel Allowance.
• Proof that Local Property Tax is paid, deferred or exempt for all years, showing the owner’s name and the address of the home: a Revenue letter, or the LPT Profile and full payment record printouts.
• Nothing more on ownership, usually: the national guidelines say the LPT papers show who owns the home, and a council asks for a solicitor’s letter only in exceptional cases. The person the grant is for must be living there when the work is finished.
• Revenue tax clearance, if the grant comes to €10,000 or more. The council asks for it after approval.

What holds a form up

• Ordering the work early. Nothing started, ordered or paid for before the written approval is grant aided.
• Missing documents. A council sends back an application that is missing key documents, with a checklist of what to send. Laois County Council’s August/September 2026 report says 160 incomplete applications had been returned by 17 September 2026.
• A missing GP stamp or signature on the Doctor’s Certificate.
• Quotes that are not itemised, or a missing quote where your council wants one with the form.
• No proof of Local Property Tax. Councils check it.

Questions about the form

Is there a HSE stair lift grant application form?

No. Stairlift grants in Ireland are paid by your county council, through the Mobility Aids Grant or the Housing Adaptation Grant, so the form comes from the council. The HSE’s part is usually the occupational therapist assessment.

Is the housing adaptation grant form the same in every county?

Almost. There is one national form, and the rules are the same everywhere. Most councils publish it as it is, with their own contact details or return address on page 2. A few add pages of their own: Tipperary and Limerick put a checklist in front of it, and Monaghan uses its own longer version that asks for quotes with the form. Use the form from the council for the area you live in.

Is one form enough for all three grants?

Yes. The Housing Adaptation Grant, the Mobility Aids Grant and Housing Aid for Older People all go in on the one council form. You can tick more than one grant. The council will not process two of the same grant at once, and it decides which grant pays for which work.

Who signs the form?

The applicant signs and dates the declaration by hand. The GP completes, signs and stamps the Doctor’s Certificate section.

Do I need the occupational therapist report before I send the form?

For the Housing Adaptation Grant an OT report is needed for a stairlift or through-floor lift, a fixed hoist, an extension or a big change to how a room is used. Some councils ask for more: Louth wants one with every Housing Adaptation and Mobility Aids application. For the Mobility Aids Grant it is needed only for a stairlift or a hoist. Housing Aid for Older People needs a trade report instead, from an electrician or heating contractor for example.

Can I start the work once the form is in?

No. Do not order, start or pay for any work until the council’s written approval arrives. Work started before approval is not grant aided, in any county. The only exception is a genuine emergency that the council inspects before any work starts, and even then approving it afterwards is up to the council.