In question No. 27 on the Order Paper yesterday, I asked the Minister for Local Government:
If he will undertake a special investigation into the failure of the local authority to provide a house for an applicant (name supplied) in Tullamore, in view of the fact that the applicant was recommended for tenancy of a vacant house by the local health inspector and County MOH; and if he will ascertain under what circumstances these recommendations were not more favourably considered.
In his reply, the Minister stated:
The letting of local authority houses and the determination of the order of preference in the selection of tenants are functions of the housing authority concerned and I do not propose to undertake a special investigation into this case.
I want at the outset to assure the Minister that I am raising this matter tonight for the purpose of bringing home to his mind the seriousness of the situation in so far as this household is concerned.
