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Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 21 Sep 2021
- Last updated
- 28 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Reduces social housing assessment processing time to 3 weeks, halving current timeframe, by amending the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
- Sets new 3-week statutory deadline for Housing Assistance Payment processing by local authorities, replacing previous 12-week timeframe.
- No additional exchequer costs anticipated; applies new processing deadlines to existing social housing and housing assistance schemes.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil21 Sep 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil21 Sep 2021
Debates
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