Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether parents with joint custody and a social housing eligibility is entitled to be placed on the housing list with additional bedrooms to facilitate overnight stays with their children; and the guidelines he provides to local authorities on this matter. [10463/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for the local authority concerned, under its allocation scheme, made in accordance with Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011.

This legislation requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for social housing support, the allocation of which would, in the opinion of the authority, meet the accommodation needs and requirements of the households. As such, it is a matter for each housing authority to decide on the type of support to be allocated to individual households.

As Minister, I am precluded under housing legislation from exercising any power or control in relation to any individual case being dealt with by a housing authority.