Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

Mr. Wayne Stanley:

I will articulate one clear point. It is not uncommon in legislation to have a proviso that nothing in this section of the Act should impinge somebody's access to social housing. That is a very direction that could be inserted. The appeals process is an absolute must and would be very welcome but its design needs consideration. Those are two of the very critical things. Ideally, there would be another consultation process and the legislation would be redesigned to fit more closely with the needs of the housing system, as opposed to borrowing from the social welfare system.