Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The cost of living, and just ticking over and keeping going, has continued to rise since that threshold was set. People who were just under that threshold and barely ticking over now find themselves losing eligibility for it.

We have seen the largest social housing push locally in my area, with more than 150 families having moved into brand new social housing over the past year and a half. More houses are being built but I want everybody locally who has that low income to be considered and to have an opportunity to be considered for those homes as they are being built. In the meantime, they must be able to get access to the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme. At the moment, people are being excluded and people are losing eligibility because of minimal changes in their income. The threshold needs to keep pace with the cost of living and with people's income so that they can be considered.

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