Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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2198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered allowing local authorities to add additional rooms to local authority houses under their remit on the grounds of overcrowding only and where no alternative accommodation is available or suitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27433/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides capital funding to Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding.

Local Authorities are also encouraged to use Internal Capital Receipts to provide adaptations and extensions where required. It is a matter for the Local Authorities to prioritise the works according to local need.