Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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539. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration can be given to the proposal (details supplied) which could alleviate pressure on local council housing supply especially in the case of emergency accommodation requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30119/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government’s strategy in relation to housing and homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland, is led by my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Mr Eoghan Murphy T.D and any changes to that strategy would be a matter for him in the first instance.

There is no plan for my Department to introduce a payment for parents supporting their adult children and grandchildren in their own homes. The Department of Social Protection makes a number of working age payments to families with children. Adult children living with their parents or grandparents may also be recipients of social protection payments subject to the conditions of the scheme.

Any new scheme could only be considered in a budgetary context.