David Cullinane
Question:479. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is his Department's policy for letters requesting a place on a local authority housing list to be submitted in English only; if the local authority will accept a letter in an applicant's native language to be translated by the local authority afterwards where the application comes from a non-national for whom English is not a first language; if it is the case that local authorities will accept letters in English only; if his attention has been drawn to the costs of translation that in effect act as an application charge; his views on whether the cost of translating a letter for a local authority before an application is accepted is in breach of the Equal Status Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/16]
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