Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department gave instructions to local authorities that persons who are housed by voluntary housing associations such as Respond be ineligible for transfer to a local authority scheme; if so, the course of action which is open to a person who is currently housed by a voluntary association but whose housing need has changed and who wishes to change house or location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9312/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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In January, queries were raised at an information seminar for local authority housing personnel on the arrangements for the upcoming housing needs assessment about persons applying for local authority housing who are tenants of houses provided by voluntary housing associations. In response to such queries, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government indicated that such applicants should not be included on the waiting list for local authority housing, if it is considered by local authorities that they are adequately housed, as to do so would be a misrepresentation of overall housing need. The Department further advised that if a tenant housed by a voluntary housing association applies for a transfer to a local authority house on the basis of changed needs, local authorities can consider such an application on its merits and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the schemes of letting priorities adopted by individual local authorities.

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 676: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Part V affordable houses in Dublin which are unoccupied due to lack of agreement between builders and local authorities. [9313/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought is not available in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.