Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been on the housing waiting list since 28 September 2005; the reason the person has never been offered a home; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32592/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Oversight and management of housing waiting lists is a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Specifically, section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions.

Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, requires all local 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.

Decisions on the qualification of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are matters solely for the local authority concerned. As Minister, I am precluded by law from becoming involved in individual cases.