Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that. Many of the AHBs construct beautiful houses and I have worked with people in the constituency in which I live who have done excellent work, but I believe there is a niche here. We need to be considering small two-bedroom bungalows for people with disabilities. That is not happening in that sector. They are not in the bigger and fast builds. That is something the Department should address. We need to build more bungalows and given that people are living longer we must look at accommodation that is more fit for purpose. In my area we must look at these issues, but that is not being addressed. Local authorities always built two-bedroom and three-bedroom bungalows, whereas it is not as easy to get them through the AHBs. Do the local authorities need to look at that? It is a major issue for us.