Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 November 2023
231. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with whom responsibility rests for the replacement of broken windows on a local authority-owned property which occurred due to antisocial behaviour that was not connected to the tenant of the property. [51683/23]
View answerThe management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs for tenants living in social housing, is a matter for each individual local authority as part of its day to day management of the social housing system. I have no function in the prioritisation of repair works nor can I direct the local authority in this regard.
All local authority tenancies are subject to tenancy agreements made between the tenant and the local authority, as the landlord. These agreements set out the responsibilities and obligations of both parties to the agreement including where the respective responsibilities of the local authority and the tenant lie in relation to the maintenance and repair of the dwelling.
