Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004
1253 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on those actions for which he has responsibility, namely actions 25 and 70 in relation to his obligations under the National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22805/04]
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In relation to Action 25 of the National Drugs Strategy, Dublin City Council has published a document, entitled Anti-Social Behaviour — Policy and Procedure, which details its policy and procedure for dealing with this matter. The document was produced taking into account an external report on persons evicted for anti-social behaviour under the Housing Acts. In addition, the housing unit produced, Good Practice Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Anti-Social Behaviour, in December 2003, in conjunction with my Department and the City and County Managers Association, which have issued to all local authorities.
In relation to action 70, my Department and the local authorities continue to promote the need to eliminate anti-social behaviour in the design of new social housing and in remedial and regeneration projects for existing estates. The Department's social housing design guidelines indicate that the discouragement of anti-social behaviour, vandalism and crimes should be a specific design objective in the design of new local authority developments. In addition, the good practice guidelines mentioned above provide advice and guidance to local authorities on security and anti-crime design features in the design of housing and accommodation units.
