PQ 725
725. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data that is held or collated by his Department at national level regarding applicants to local authority housing waiting lists who entered the State via a country other than their country of origin; whether such data is requested from or shared with local authorities or other Departments; if no comprehensive national dataset exists, the reasons for this; the assessment that has been made by his Department of the impact of current social housing eligibility policies on housing availability and waiting times for existing applicants; the role his Department plays in setting or reviewing the eligibility framework applied by local authorities; and whether any review of eligibility criteria, data-collection practices or inter-departmental data-sharing arrangements is planned [10183/26]
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725. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data that is held or collated by his Department at national level regarding applicants to local authority housing waiting lists who entered the State via a country other than their country of origin; whether such data is requested from or shared with local authorities or other Departments; if no comprehensive national dataset exists, the reasons for this; the assessment that has been made by his Department of the impact of current social housing eligibility policies on housing availability and waiting times for existing applicants; the role his Department plays in setting or reviewing the eligibility framework applied by local authorities; and whether any review of eligibility criteria, data-collection practices or inter-departmental data-sharing arrangements is planned [10183/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-02-10/725/
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