Housing Policy
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-28
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Kieran O'Donnell (FG), Limerick City

I thank the Minister of State. He and the Minister have done a body of work on this. They have increased the income eligibility threshold in the five local authorities by €5,000. If we look back to 2011, the average industrial wage was just short of €36,000. Now the average industrial wage is just above €43,000 or €44,000. That is a 20% increase. There is now a 20% increase of €5,000 for the five local authorities. I would ask that, as a transitional measure, at a minimum, they should now look to an increase in the threshold for all local authorities by €5,000 in terms of the standard in each of the three bands and increasing from 5% to 6% for an adult dependant and from 2.5% to 3% for a child dependant. It is very logical. The Minister of State and the Minister have done it for the five other local authorities. I ask that they do it for all bands. They could take that as a transitional measure pending the outcome of the final report. I have looked at it, and certainly it needs to be addressed. It is coming up as an issue for me in Limerick city and in north Tipperary every day.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-28