We found out recently that 33 families and households who had been on the housing list in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area for many years were removed from that list last year because they slightly exceeded the income thresholds. For at least five years, we have been asking for the income thresholds to be increased. We have had promise after promise by the Minister. He told me the review was completed at the end of last year. To give an example, I am aware of a woman who, along with her daughter, has been in homeless accommodation for three and a half years. She is working for a State agency and has just been taken off the list. I know of a couple, one of whom is a hairdresser while the other works in Tesco, who have been removed from the list. These are people on very low incomes. They have now lost all their years on the housing list. Their incomes would never even begin to get near the rents and house prices in the area and they have been removed from the list, yet we still do not have the raising of the income thresholds.

Go raibh maith agat, Deputy. The Taoiseach to respond.

When is it going to happen? Will the people who have been removed get their time back?

I thank the Deputy for his question. The review of the social housing income limits is nearing completion. I received a submission.

We are working through some changes in that regard. To be fair to the Deputy, he has raised this matter on a number of occasions, as have others on both sides of the House. The income limits have not been reviewed for years. There will be changes made. We are doing this as well in the context of the roll-out of our affordable schemes, such as cost rental, that will pertain to those who are above the social housing limits. We are nearing completion on that and it certainly will be done in this session.

I have engaged with Deputy Boyd Barrett on specific cases. We are open to looking at any anomalies that are within the system. The local authorities are the housing authorities in each of those areas.

We are over time.

They have a certain discretion, which we ask them to operate. The work will be done in this session.