658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there should be discretion in the legislation or guidelines for council housing grant applications for the elderly in order to allow for a reassessment of income outside of the relevant tax year in cases in which one spouse dies while the grant application is pending resulting in an immediate and permanent reduction in housing income for the surviving spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39793/21]

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658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there should be discretion in the legislation or guidelines for council housing grant applications for the elderly in order to allow for a reassessment of income outside of the relevant tax year in cases in which one spouse dies while the grant application is pending resulting in an immediate and permanent reduction in housing income for the surviving spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39793/21]

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