Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hear what the Minister of State is saying but she has not agreed to one amendment in this process. It is reasonable to standardise the system. Having two offers is inconsistent because people are being offered places in areas where others have refused them. On occasion, the same house is being offered four or five times, which does not make sense. Some local authorities are taking a different view from that of the Minister of State and, unfortunately, they are not being reasonable about it. I wish they were but the problem is that they are not. We are seeking to have a standard which can be abided by throughout the country. In my experience, it is not true to say that every local authority is abiding by the current system and that there are two offers.

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