Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is an important way of allocating houses. Many offers are made by computer and one signs up for this, that and the other on the system. There should be a process of pre-consultation before offers are made to find out if there are children in school in an area, for example. There is no way they would move to school that is miles away or to a location where the children could not get into a school. Offers must be realistic to ensure refusals are guaranteed to be reasonable and not just because someone does not want to live in a particular area. I ask the Minister of State to ensure the preparatory work is focused on before offers are made.