Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated code of practice for local authority approved housing bodies nominations will commence. [64364/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government commits to 'Require local authorities to provide tenant names to AHBs before project completion for quicker move-ins', and the new Housing Plan Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030 builds on this commitment with the following action:

“Update the Code of Practice for local authority nominations to AHBs to:

• expedite the nomination process to avoid unnecessary vacancies in social housing;
• clarify information sharing responsibilities across agencies necessary to enhance local authority and AHBs tenancy sustainment support and anti-social behaviour management capacity in social housing developments;
• require that local authority and AHB tenants are not precluded from living with domestic pets; and
• put in place more robust oversight and reporting arrangements to ensure that the Code is implemented consistently across all local authorities and AHBs.