Mark Wall (Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I want to take up a point that Deputy Higgins raised and which I also raised with the Minister the last time he was in the Seanad regarding the housing adaptation grants. I am informed through a Commencement matter that this report has been on the Minister's desk since January of this year. The Minister might check with his officials if that is true or not. What are the plans in this regard? I am dealing with a lot of people who cannot go back into their homes. What are the plans to increase those grants? More importantly, will the Minister confirm when that is going to happen? Many people are staying in nursing homes or hospitals because they cannot return to their own homes because the housing adaptation grant is not fit for purpose as it stands.