Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 17, line 26, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

This is simply to make mandatory the obligation on a housing authority to carry out a social housing assessment under section 20(3). I ask the Minister of State to accept that. It imposes an obligation rather than merely facilitating the housing authority. It is in the spirit of the Bill. We have debated it already on Committee Stage.