Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I said on Second Stage that people will be eligible for a transfer into a local house from the housing assistance payment, HAP. Each local authority has allocation schemes in this regard. Already, if a person is in council housing which is inappropriate, he or she can be transferred to more suitable accommodation. Therefore, these people will be eligible to be transferred into a local authority house. I know we have been accused of massaging figures, but that is not the purpose of this. The purpose is to bring everything under the one system of the local authority, where people who need housing support get it.

We can ensure we have accurate figure in terms of where people are and the type of accommodation they are in. I am not trying to massage figures. What I am trying to do is to bring about a more integrated system in regard to social housing support. People will be eligible to transfer into a local authority house.