Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé
Mr. Tomás Ó Giollagáin:
Bhí ceist amháin maidir le choice-based letting, nó ligean rogha-bhunaithe. Níl sé againn ach táimid ag féachaint air. Braitheann sé ar chostas i gcoinne sochar. Tá aimsitheoir HAP againn. There was a question about choice-based letting. We do not have choice-based letting but we are looking at it. It will depend on the cost versus benefit. We have what we call a HAP finder and that has proven very useful for the finding of properties, particularly here in Mayo where the rental situation is very acute. On the Deputy’s other question, there is nothing in our allocation policy that allows any preferential treatment if someone is a Gaeilgeoir.