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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Mark Wall: ...at this committee. People are not able to afford the bridging finance that is needed to improve their houses through retrofits. The Croí Cónaithe grant is another example. People have been approved by Kildare County Council in the area I live, but when they approach their local credit unions, they cannot get bridging finance because there was a cancer diagnosis. I would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Mark Wall: ...bridging finance. I have come across three cases this week. In one case a lady has been in hospital for at least five months and she has come home. Thankfully she got the go-ahead for a grant from Kildare County Council but they have offered her an amount which is just short of €30,000, as that is what she qualifies for. The cheapest quote she can get to do the work is for...