Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Ceisteanna - Questions
Cabinet Committee Meetings
4:55 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
In fairness, there is a bit of that going around on all sides.
To answer Deputy Boyd Barrett's question, the income thresholds relating to social housing are under review. I do not have a timeline for a decision from the Minister but they are under review and we acknowledge that as incomes rise, more people become ineligible for social housing, which is happening at a time when house prices are rising faster than incomes. That may be a change but when incomes rise at a lower rate than house prices, it makes sense to increase the thresholds. I agree on that. We do not have the new thresholds yet.
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