Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding has been allocated for the development or redevelopment of dedicated Defence Forces housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40309/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The development or redevelopment of dedicated Defence Forces housing is not within the remit of my Department. Accommodation for defence forces personnel is funded through the capital expenditure of the Department of Defence.

In relation to members of the Defence Forces with long-term housing needs, it is open to them to apply to their local authority for social housing support. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended.

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.