Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local suppliers of white goods can be used to furnish local authority homes; if so, how this works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2999/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Local authority housing is provided unfurnished including appliances and therefore this is not a matter for my Department.

When a person on the social housing waiting list is offered a local authority home and they do not have and cannot afford to buy furniture or appliances, they may be eligible for help under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme through the Department of Social Protection.