Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

At present, local authorities are free to use their own application forms for social housing tenants seeking a transfer from their current accommodation. In some cases they may use the existing standard application form when there is a lot of new information to collect. In such cases, it should be indicated that it is a transfer rather than a new application. However, this is a matter for the housing authority concerned. My Department currently does not collect statistics on the number of transfer applications made to housing authorities, the numbers of transfers completed, or the reasons transfers are sought.

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