Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The issue is certainly not coming from a want in our Department. In terms of the schemes and capital acquisitions, I believe there will be 1,500 this year, and the Minister has given a commitment to pushing that forward if the demand exists.

Regarding the prioritisation of applicants in accordance with the local authority's allocation scheme, it is the reserved function of the elected members of a local authority to make those priorities in accordance with the Housing Act. That is critically important.

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