Local Authority Housing Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 June 2013

Thursday, 20 June 2013

Questions (160)

Dessie Ellis

Question:

160. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form for each respective year the number of persons from Ballymun, County Dublin, that were taken off the local authority housing list and provided with housing in the past ten years. [29723/13]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O'Sullivan)

The information requested which relates to the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for social housing support, is not available in my Department.

This is a reserved function of the relevant local authority , which is carried out in accordance with the local authority’s allocation scheme.