Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for additional resources to fund home extension projects for local authority tenants through the overcrowding extensions; his views on whether this will help alleviate the housing lists and stop the increasing trend in over crowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33251/17]

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 supports local authorities to provide extensions needed to address over-crowding and can be hugely beneficial to the families concerned, while also alleviating the need for new social housing units to be provided. 

In 2017, my Department is making €12 million available to local authorities to enable them to undertake adaptations and extensions under this scheme and is currently working with each local authority in terms of their funding requirements and local needs under the Scheme.