Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 June 2015
20. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the executive order to provide 50% of all social housing allocations in Dublin to those who were on a priority list on 1 December 2014 in the Dublin region past June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/15]
View answerUnder a Ministerial Direction, which issued on 27 January and is time bound for a six-month period until 27 July 2015, key local authorities are required to prioritise homeless and other vulnerable households in the allocation of tenancies under their control in accordance with Section 22 of the Housing Act 1988. The four Dublin local authorities have been directed to allocate 50% of all available dwellings to this cohort while the local authorities in counties Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford have been directed to allocate 30%. It is expected that during the timeframe at least 500 homes will be provided to prioritised households in the Dublin Region with a similar total for the other areas combined. The operation of the Direction is kept under ongoing review and I will decide, in due course, on the question of extending the Direction's operation beyond 27 July.
