Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 April 2013
144. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local councils have the authority to amend the tenants handbook and change terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19519/13]
View answerThe management and maintenance of local authority dwellings is a matter for the authority concerned and one in which I have no function. The tenancy agreement is the legal basis for the relationship between the housing authority and its tenant and can be amended by agreement between the parties. Where a tenant’s consent is not forthcoming to an amendment considered necessary by an authority, it is a matter for the authority to determine how to proceed having regard to its powers under the Housing Acts and the tenancy agreement concerned.
