271. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 15 January 2015 with regards to the awarding of medical priority for local authority housing lists and further to the reply received from Dublin City Council that priority status is only awarded in extreme circumstances and only if an applicant’s medical difficulty will be alleviated by a change in their current housing circumstances, therefore, many applicants have indeed serious medical problems but do not merit medical priority, as a change in their housing will not improve their health, the way it is determined that an applicant’s housing will improve their health, and the types of medical conditions that have merited being awarded medical priority. [5280/15]

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271. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 15 January 2015 with regards to the awarding of medical priority for local authority housing lists and further to the reply received from Dublin City Council that priority status is only awarded in extreme circumstances and only if an applicant’s medical difficulty will be alleviated by a change in their current housing circumstances, therefore, many applicants have indeed serious medical problems but do not merit medical priority, as a change in their housing will not improve their health, the way it is determined that an applicant’s housing will improve their health, and the types of medical conditions that have merited being awarded medical priority. [5280/15]

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