Is the Minister aware that in County Galway there are some local authority houses, some with two bedrooms and some with three, occupied by large families, some with eight and nine children, in respect of which applications to the local authority for house extensions have been refused on the grounds that the local authorities are not authorised to build extensions to existing houses, that they are only authorised to build new houses? Would the Minister care to comment on that, because a large number of families in County Galway are affected?

I am not aware of it. If that system is being operated by the local authorities it is incorrect.