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Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Sponsor
- Catherine Ardagh · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 15 Oct 2019
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Introduces 3-week statutory deadline for local authorities to process Housing Assistance Payment applications; currently no timeframe exists.
- Halves social housing assessment processing time by setting new 3-week deadline under Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009.
- Revokes existing 12-week processing timeframe regulation to replace with faster assessment times; no additional exchequer costs anticipated.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage25th Seanad15 Oct 2019
Debates
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