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

I will press the amendment because I do not accept the Minister of State's argument that the local authorities are behaving or using good judgment. We need to put some sort of standard in place. A standard of three refusals across the board will not prevent flexibility. Currently, when the third refusal occurs, an individual will wait one year on the list. That is the penalty currently imposed in some, but not all, local authorities.

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