Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2014
524. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Housing Act of 2014 will implement specific measures to increase the powers of local authorities and housing associations to properly discharge their duties as landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44278/14]
View answerPart 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 includes a new court procedure for the recovery of possession of local authority dwellings from households in serious breach of their tenancy agreements, including engagement in anti-social behaviour. The Act also strengthens the powers of housing authorities and approved housing bodies to obtain court orders to exclude persons engaged in anti-social behaviour from social housing accommodation and estates. I intend to make the necessary statutory instruments in the coming months to bring Part 2 of the 2014 Act into operation.
