Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

11:00 am

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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I want to get back to some of the figures as well.

I am interested in finding out how many appeals have been taken, how many cases have been upheld or what the outcomes of those cases have been.

To go back to another point, which Deputy Gould raised as well, the figures for HAP are almost equal to the housing list referenced by Mr. Kelly. The HAP is obviously paid for a private rental that is usually State-supported but it is not provide as secure a tenancy or future as a social house. Is there a breakdown of the figures available, similar to the breakdown of the figures for people on the housing list and in receipt of HAP, in terms of whether people are from EU-EEA or non-EU-EEA countries? I am sure that information is available somewhere.