Paper trail: fury over 22-page housing form

HOUSING applicants are being forced to fill out a 22-page form for a new scheme of 23 local authority homes.

Mon, 28 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

Neans McSweeney

The detailed form already used in Wexford replaces the three-page form used by Enniscorthy Town Council.

Local authority chairman, Jackser Owens, says it’s “bureaucracy gone mad” and that it’s going to cause a major headache for the council’s two staff charged with going through the form with applicants.

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Courts Place: Wexford Place: Lower Ross Road Person: Jackser Owens Person: Councillor Person: Owens Organisation: Enniscorthy Town Council Organisation: Department of the Environment

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