Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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All housing applications are adjudicated on the basis of need. In the interests of that underlying and guiding principle, houses are allocated on the basis of need, but accommodation is always given to those with a specific need, whether a vulnerability, disability, health ailment or whatever. That continues here. If one person's need is greater than another's, housing will be allocated on that basis. I hear what the Deputy is saying. She is looking for a different weight to be given to that, but that would override the basis of need. If the need of a survivor is greater than that of somebody else, the house will be allocated on that basis.