asked the Minister for Local Government if he is aware that the Dublin Corporation consider a family consisting of a mother, father and three children under six years of age, living in one room to be of higher priority than a mother, father and daughters aged eighteen and sixteen years living in one room; and if he will request the City Manager to consider the moral aspect of this situation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Housing Priorities.
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The determination of rehousing priorities within the statutory letting preferences is a function of the housing authority in which the Minister is not empowered to intervene. I understand that, while Dublin Corporation would as a general rule give priority to a five-person family living in one room, they are at present in a position to deal with families of four persons living in one room and priority is given to cases in which there is overcrowding by reference to age and sex. Subject to any other considerations involved, therefore, the Corporation should find it possible to offer rehousing to a family of the type to which the Deputy refers.