Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)
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I thank the witnesses for attending the committee and for the work they and their local authorities do. I have a couple of specific questions. I commend the two councils on the housing action plans they have put before us and the work they have already done to deliver. I note they have considerable targets for affordable and social housing, which is very welcome. How long does it typically take a local authority to bring that from concept to handing keys to either tenants or purchasers of affordable homes? What impact do appeals, objections or judicial reviews have on that timeline? How much is affordable and what is an affordable price in Limerick and Waterford?

Can the councils indicate whether their social housing lists operate on a time-on-list basis and if a person's position on the list is based on when they applied? Are the councils availing of the tenant in situscheme and the capacity for local authorities to purchase rental properties where a private rental tenant on the social housing list is at risk of homelessness and has received a notice to quit? Are councils availing of the tenant in situapproval from the Department? Those are my initial questions. Perhaps we could start with Limerick and then go to Waterford.