Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I respect that fully. I will make an appeal because there are a few weeks left for this to go. In the case that a homeowner is awarded a grant of €160,000 but, when it comes to hiring a contractor to replace like for like, it will cost €180,000, €190,000 or €200,000, I appeal to Ms Timmons, in her private conversations with her colleagues and the Minister, to consider allowing somebody to take the €160,000 and build a smaller home when he or she is not able to bridge the gap between the grant and the full cost of like-for-like replacement. That would be a reasonable request. I will not ask Ms Timmons to respond now but it should be considered.