Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Home improvement grants are essential to facilitate disabled and older people to live at home with independence, dignity and safety, but a backlog exists to accessing this crucial support across the State, including in County Monaghan. The Minister for housing has said that this funding will be reviewed in future years as part of the annual budgetary process, but for those who need these supports this year and will not receive them, a promise to review the situation in the years ahead is of little relief, especially if their independence is compromised in the interim. Will the Tánaiste undertake to review this immediately and to ensure that local authorities are properly funded to deliver the supports, so those who most need them get them?

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