Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will talk to the Deputy about the case he mentioned offline. In July, the Minister wrote to local authorities about this matter. We worked closely with local authorities, which can be seen in the feedback. There is a cross-sectional team and steering group on acquisitions in place to support households and local authorities in acquisitions. Any request for additional acquisitions above a certain threshold will be taken on a case-by-case basis. Other than that, it is up to local authorities to do evaluations and assessments and to make the subsequent applications for acquisitions. This is an important scheme in supporting tenancies which may be vulnerable to evictions. We will continue to support this scheme in this year's budget.

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