Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2017
603. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the regulations on the allocation of council houses on medical grounds; the regulations on the prioritisation of persons with disabilities and those with medical issues that are not considered to be disabilities for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41377/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe allocation of social housing support is a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. Section 22 of the Act requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for social housing support and to households approved for a transfer, the allocation of which would, in the opinion of the authority, meet the accommodation needs and requirements of the households.
As such, it is a matter for each housing authority to decide on the type of support to be allocated to individual households. As Minister, I am precluded by the 2009 Act from intervening in relation to the procedures followed, or decisions made, by housing authorities in the allocation of particular dwellings.
