Section 12 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 deals with District Court proceedings for possession by a local authority where there has been a breach of a tenancy agreement or rent-related obligation. The tenancy agreement includes a term relating to anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour is defined in section 1 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997, as amended.
Information supplied by the four Dublin local authorities to my Department relating to the number of possession applications sought in the District Court under section 12 of the 2014 Act in the years 2016 to 2020 and the number of possession applications granted in those years is as follows:
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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Dublin City
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No. of possession applications to District Court
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0
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16
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40
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28
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10
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No. of possession applications granted
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0
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8
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2
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27
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4
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South Dublin
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No. of possession applications to District Court
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4
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3
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13
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1
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0
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No. of possession applications granted
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4
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3
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5
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1
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0
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Fingal
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No. of possession applications to District Court
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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No. of possession applications granted
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
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No. of possession applications to District Court
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2
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8
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3
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3
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1
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No. of possession applications granted
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0
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4
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1
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2
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1
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Notes: This information is not available to my Department for 2015.
My Department does not hold information on the percentage of cases that were successful in any given year. It should be noted in relation to the figures for 2020, that local authorities were asked not to terminate tenancies during periods of lockdown due to Covid-19.
As stated, the above figures relate to applications under section 12 of the 2014 Act, so refer to any breach of the tenancy agreeement, including the term of the tenancy agreement relating to anti-social behaviour.
