Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

It is a similar system. The most common issue with medical priority is that there are sometimes medical conditions but the housing element is not necessarily affixed to the problem, so to speak. There can be a bit of confusion about the purpose of the medical priority scheme. The idea of the scheme is that a social housing allocation would help to address the medical need, and that is not always the case with applications. An independent panel reviews applications and decides whether to award priority, with some involvement by our housing department.