The following table sets out the information collected by my Department in relation to the matters in question. As the information is collected on an annual basis, data for 2016 will not be available until next year.
It should be noted that the powers of local authorities in this regard were enhanced with the commencement of Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 on 13 April 2015. Part 2 strengthens the power of housing authorities to recover possession of their dwellings from households in serious breach of their tenancy agreements provided that certain procedures are followed.
Number of evictions from local authority dwellings in 2015 carried out on foot of warrants/applications for possessions
|
Local Authorities
|
Anti-social behaviour
|
Rent arrears
|
Refusal to transfer tenancy
|
Squatters
|
Other Grounds
|
TOTAL
|
|
Carlow
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Cavan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Clare
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cork_City
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cork_Co
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Donegal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dublin_City
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DLR
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
Fingal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Galway_City
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Galway_Co
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kerry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kildare
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kilkenny
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Laois
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Leitrim
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Limerick
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Longford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Louth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mayo
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Meath
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Monaghan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Offaly
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Roscommon
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sligo
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
South_Dublin
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Tipperary
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Waterford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Westmeath
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Wexford
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Wicklow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
0
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
