Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the past three years who previously were on the Cork City Council housing list and were removed due to the fact that they had exceeded the income threshold; the average number of years for each of the applicants who were removed from the list. [22677/22]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the past three years who previously were on the Cork County Council housing list and were removed because they had exceeded the income threshold; and the average number of years for each of these applicants removed from the list. [22678/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 343 and 344 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department.

The oversight and practical management of housing waiting and transfer lists is a matter for each local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which a social housing tenant can transfer and swap from County Cork to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22688/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Requests for housing transfers are considered solely by the relevant local authority concerned in accordance with that authority’s allocation scheme, which is made by the elected members under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and in compliance with Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011.

Local authorities are responsible for assessing housing applicants, taking into account factors such as the condition and affordability of existing accommodation, medical and compassionate grounds, etc. The authority then prioritises the needs of approved applicants in accordance with its allocation scheme. Ultimately, it is a matter for the local authority to decide the conditions to be met in relation to transfer applications.

All four Dublin authorities have provisions in their allocation schemes for inter authority/mutual transfers for sitting tenants whereby the authority is prepared to accommodate applications for inter authority/mutual transfers provided certain criteria are met. Similar arrangements apply in other local authorities, such arrangements are entirely a matter for the local authority concerned.