Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I want to put on record my thanks to the Government for the increase in the grant. The Minister of State indicated that the grants have increased year on year since 2014, which is welcome for all `the people I deal with on a daily basis. However, again today we are not hearing what is happening. I have people who are living in their sitting rooms and using commodes. They cannot access proper facilities for themselves and their quality of life is being affected.It is simply not good enough that we are saying again, although it was promised a couple of months ago, that we do not have word on the review. It seems to be going from one Department to another. I know it is not the Minister of State's Department but I plead with him today to bring this back to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and to ask him to quickly publish this report for the sake of so many people I am dealing with. It is not just me; I am sure the Acting Chairperson and local representatives throughout the country are coming across this situation day in, day out, where people are not getting the quality of life these grants should be providing, and have provided in the past, simply because building costs have risen so much. I ask the Minister of State to bring that back to the Minister. I thank him for agreeing to discuss this matter this morning.