Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will do that. In the context of local authority voids, has any local authority sold its stock of housing because the cost of refurbishment was excessive, or because of a lack of funding from Central Government to bring houses back into use? Galway City Council is represented today and Deputy Anne Rabbitte was in my ear last night about the difference in the qualification thresholds for local authority housing in the city, at €35,000, and the county, at €25,000. Does that have an implication for housing in Galway? Is the homeless HAP officer in Galway city able to locate tenants in Galway county and take stock out of Galway county? Is the gap of €10,000 causing problems for tenants in the county who are trying to get accommodation in Galway city, or vice versa?