Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is the reason the housing situation is in its current state. There are more than 50 applicants in Kerry who have sites but the Department is not giving adequate funding for rural cottages in Kerry. The funding allocated between 2016 and 2021 is enough to build ten cottages. That is not adequate. The Minister should cop on and give us the money and the personnel to deal with the applications because we do not have them in Kerry at present.

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