Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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We will circulate that correction to members. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan. I will take the next slot. A vote has been called in the Dáil. We have six minutes to get there but I will make some quick points.

It is positive to see a Supplementary Estimate coming in and providing extra money to spend on housing, homelessness, social housing, water services and cost rental. A large budget has been allocated to housing in the past couple of years and we have seen what it is producing. The Social Welfare Bill and Finance Bill are going through at the moment and we are all around long enough to remember different times. Across the water in the UK and France, the budgets are not in any way like ours. They are looking at stringent cuts across the board. In that context, what we are discussing is very positive.

Deputy O'Callaghan spoke of the importance of the housing adaptation measures and the extra €8 million for people being able to stay in their homes. Is that €8 million to let grants that have already been agreed go ahead, or is it an extra €8 million for-----