Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 29 September 2011, his views on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/11]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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It is open to any person or household to apply to a housing authority for an assessment of their housing need. Decisions on the eligibility of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the housing authority concerned and I have no function in specific cases. My Department has recently issued revised guidance to housing authorities regarding access to social housing support for non-Irish nationals. This guidance is in Circular Housing 47/2011 of 7 December 2011, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library.