Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Canney for his question. The review of the housing adaptation grant is nearing completion and will come to me very shortly. Amendments are required to it and it needs to keep pace with the increased costs we have seen. A review of it has not been carried out in many years. It is a very effective grant and helps many people stay in their homes, where they want to and should stay. We are looking at extending the works which can be included in the housing adaptation grant. We work closely with the Department of Health on this, in particular in respect of hoists, for example, which were not included. We will cover these this year. The review will be published in the coming weeks. We have taken into account the situation in respect of income thresholds and the maximum grant amounts. We have secured an additional budget this year for an additional spend in that space. Once we publish these, they will be there for everybody to see. I appreciate the Deputy’s input into this matter.

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