Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the scenario in Kildare is different.

The proposed social housing legislation must deal with the realities facing many families, for example, family composition and marital breakdown. If a family breaks down and the husband or wife must move out of the home, he or she cannot get approval for social housing because his or her name is on the title deed. I know of a woman who needed to leave her family home because of domestic abuse. She could not get rent allowance because the legislation would not allow her to be approved for social housing. We must examine this issue urgently. I could describe further examples, but time will not permit. Recently, income limits for qualifying for local authority housing were also reduced.

I will raise the question of what the Minister of State has done to grants for the elderly and the disabled. I was alarmed that a Labour Minister of State would do such a thing. I was alarmed that a Labour Minister of State-----

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