Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby some persons and families have been on local authority housing lists for years and the need for a cap on the length of time a person or a family can be left waiting by a local authority to be housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30907/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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It is a matter for each housing authority to determine, in accordance with its scheme of letting priorities, the manner in which households are allocated social housing in its area.

It is my intention to review the operation of allocation policy with the broad objective of putting a greater emphasis on 'time on the list' as a criterion for allocating local authority housing.