Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State told us about a lot of stuff that we already know. It is a new suggestion that we develop a grant scheme, particularly for those who do not have the resources to do it, to build attic conversions and extensions that would create additional bedroom space and so on, in the face of a very severe housing crisis, one aspect of which is very severe overcrowding. It is not just about disability adaptations and so on but creating a new scheme to provide funding for people who would not otherwise have the means to extend their homes to create additional bedroom space. I am not saying that is a magic bullet, but it is a practical suggestion that could assist in the current severe situation.

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