Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters
Housing Schemes
9:00 am
Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That is absolutely fantastic. I thank the Minister of State for his response, but I am looking for a circular to go from his office to the local authorities telling them to be a little more flexible and take construction inflation into consideration. Take a situation where somebody applied for a grant in 2022 that is only processed in quarter 4 of 2023, by which time he or she is getting a revised quotation that is 20% or 30% higher. If an application goes in for increased funding or an additional piece of funding given the fact the quotations have gone from say, €8,000 to €12,000, maybe the authorities could be a little more flexible and look at maybe facilitating such a top-up.
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