Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the issue of a social housing passport. I think Deputy Devlin raised this issue in the past. We are living in a society that is much more complex that the one in which we grew up. Many marriages and relationships break down and of the many couples who have shared an application on a local authority housing list, one or both partners might end up going back to their county of origin and it is quite difficult to get people transferred between different local authorities. If a system were in place that could cover the entire country to allow for the easier transition of people to their home county so they could keep their time on the social housing list and not have to start from scratch with their social housing application, it would be worth looking into. I would appreciate it if the Taoiseach could raise that with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

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