Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Minister for Social Protection to address the issue of the trickling down of information regarding the exercise of flexibility, particularly where people are at risk of losing their homes. We need to address the problem of people at risk of losing their home because of increased rents that the rent supplement will not meet. I know that the Minister for Social Protection is addressing that and I will ask her to ensure that the information trickles down.

On the capital provision, the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has already announced additional money to ensure that approximately 1,700 boarded-up houses that could be renewed are refurbished and put back into use as quickly as possible. Additional money has been provided for the resumption of a social housing construction programme.

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