Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will in principle approve funding under the Traveller accommodation programme for a two bedroom extension in respect of a property in Galway city for a family that consists of eight children and two adults, in the event that the local authority recommends and makes a submission to his Department for such an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities to support housing adaptations and extensions for social housing for a range of circumstances, including to address overcrowding. However, the management of the scheme locally is a matter for the local authority, including the assessment and prioritisation of applications.