Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2022
437. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the information that is provided by local authorities using the choice-based letting system to his Department on the performance of the system in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37721/22]
View answerMy Department does not collect quantitative data on the performance of Choice Based Letting in local authority areas.
The Department reviews the uptake of Choice Based Letting from time-to-time with a view to supporting its roll-out and standardisation across local authorities. Feedback from local authorities, to date, shows more than half operating a Choice Based Letting system, which they report as having a positive effect on how they allocate houses and facilitating a drop in the rate of refusals.
My Department is working with local government to progress the roll-out of a standardised approach across all local authorities.
