Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

The cure could be worse than the disease. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett has raised this matter and asked me about assessment requirements which in response I have loosened.

The reference made to 50,000 applicants by Deputy Brian Stanley is very generous. I can see the number being much greater because many more people will be on social housing lists. I do not see anything wrong with this because I want to have an integrated social housing list, where some people will have incomes, others will be in receipt of social welfare payments and others will have other means.

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