Housing ‘strikes right balance on licences’

Friday 24th April 2009, 11:30AM BST.

Carla McNulty Bauer THE right balance is being struck on housing licences for general industry in the vast majority of cases, according to the Commerce and Employment Department.

Questions have recently been asked of the Housing Department’s approach to issuing licences from critics, some saying that it issued too few and others that it gave out too many.

Some in industry and political circles do not believe the decision-making on applications is consistent, something repeatedly denied by Housing.

Commerce and Employment was asked to comment on essential housing licence applications for a range of general industries.

‘Each business is unique and each housing licence application is unique so it is impossible to be formulaic in the assessment of general industry applications,’ said Commerce and Employment minister Carla McNulty Bauer (pictured).

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Darren

April 25, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Where is the evidence?

Where are the figures to back up this statement.

I doubt Housing can even provide quantitative or qualitative information.

Its a case of who you know not what you know that gets you your licence – a sham.

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Merlin

April 27, 2009 at 9:43 am

I think Housing are on a hiding to nothing. They have to rely on the trust of companies asking for licences in the first place: trust that there is no one local available to do the job despite them advertising here first. How do housing do this – more staff? That will have the public-sector-bashing wolves baying for blood, saying that more tax payers money is being wasted.

I know of local people who have applied for jobs, had all the qualifications/experience asked for in the job advert but who were turned down….. only to find a few weeks or months later someone from the UK is in the job. These licence holders soon become part of an elite club – move in the same circles – attend the same events and parties etc. Often it turns out that they actually know each other – coincidence perhaps, or am i being mildly cynical? How many of these become permanent residents is another matter – if they earn enough here to then buy an open market house then they are not doing anything wrong, but if their companies/employers are asking for 15 year licences then this is where i do have issues.

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Eric

April 27, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Darren; You read my mind; therefore all I can say is this.

She should get all her stories into print; she would, and could challenge HC Anderson and the brothers Grimm for fairy tales; then come Christmas she would help her god father; Father Christmas.

Mind you all these states people in whatever capacity they supposedly serve the people must get a word in sideways if necessary;

Yet I think it’s true when one hears:

“Government is the great FICTION, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else-

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