Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Committee on Housing and Homelessness

Department of Social Protection

10:30 am

Photo of Kevin  MoranKevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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Is it possible for a grant to be given to those residents in vulnerable flood-prone areas to lift, for example, sockets off the ground or to tile the house inside to ensure when water comes in, it goes out? Will the Department look at such a grant because it will save millions of euro in claims every three or so years?