Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State says that people have to be housed in their area of choice, but the problem is that local authority areas are often very big. The Dún Laoghaire-Dalkey list covers a very large area. One end of it could be far away from where children go to school at the other end. While the local authority might say it is in a person's area of choice, in reality it is not practical as it involves significant upheaval for a family with children. If children are attending school far away or if elderly relatives are unwell, those are additional problems. It is reasonable to request three offers to give people room for manoeuvre. The Minister of State says she is open to considering some of the points being made here, so the issue of proximity to school should be explicitly included in any criteria.

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