The Council of Ministers, at its meeting today under the President of the Republic Mr.Nicos Anastasiades, took the following decisions:
- Approved the new Holiday Grant Scheme for Persons with Disabilities to be implemented from 2022 by the Department of Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities. The new Scheme determines the subsidy, in an amount from €300 to €700, to recipients of social benefits for disability, for holidays that they will organise themselves, according to their choices and preferences and the occupancy of accessible approved hotels and tourist accommodation in Cyprus. The new scheme is expected to benefit approximately 600 persons with disabilities per year, plus their accompanying persons or family members. The total additional cost of the new Scheme will amount to €300,000 per year.
- Approved the provision of free meals, breakfast and lunch, to all children attending Agios Antonios Primary School, Nicosia, for the school years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
- Approved the Plan of Grants for the installation or replacement of solar hot water systems in residential buildings. The Plan provides financial incentives in the form of a government grant for the installation or replacement of integrated solar hot water heating systems in existing homes. Beneficiaries of the scheme are natural persons who have made a corresponding investment. The budget of the Scheme is €600,000. The application procedure will remain in force until 1 October 2022 or until the final submission of 1300 applications, whichever comes first. This grant scheme is included in the Recovery and Resilience Plan "Cyprus - Tomorrow".
(PM/MB/IC)
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