Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I will come to that. People with special needs and elderly people for health reasons need to adapt their dwellings. Hundreds of such applicants await approval from local authorities. The scheme has been suspended on several occasions. Will the Tánaiste cause to be introduced legislation under either the environment or equality headings that will ensure local authorities can proceed with all the applications on hand?

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