Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government

9:00 am

Ms Tina Donaghy:

Yes, it has happened. Sometimes as tenants age, they need to move to another area where there is greater family support. We would engage with their local authority and also with the local authority in the area to which they want to move to see if there are any opportunities available. Obviously, when we are operating in very high demand areas, we find that a lot of people want to come in. It is a matter of working in partnership with the other providers, which can be other approved housing bodies or local authorities. We will facilitate transfers where needed. I have seen it in the past as well where we used the website of the Irish Council for Social Housing to advertise opportunities to move to more rural areas, back when there was a lot more accommodation available.

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