Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 February 2015
570. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sign off on legislation or statutory instrument, further to and inclusive of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, empowering local authorities to deal with tenants engaged in anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/15]
View answerPart 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 introduces a new court procedure for the recovery of possession of local authority dwellings and strengthens the powers of housing authorities to obtain court orders excluding persons engaged in anti-social behaviour from local authority accommodation and estates. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020, published in November 2014, includes a commitment to commence Part 2 of the 2014 Act in the first quarter of this year.
