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asked the Minister for Local Government if there is any law or statutory rule which enables local authorities to obtain possession of a local authority dwelling, other than a vested dwelling, without having to assign a reason when seeking possession of a local authority dwelling in the courts; and if he will indicate the appropriate statute or rule of law.
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asked the Minister for Local Government if he will indicate generally the statutory authority generally pleaded in the courts by local authorities when seeking possession of local authority dwellings, other than vested dwellings.
I propose with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to take questions Nos. 31 and 32 together. The statutory authority for the recovery of possession by a local authority in a summary manner is, in the case of labourers' cottages, Section 86 of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland) 1860 as applied by Section 13 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, and, in the case of houses provided under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, Section 15 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, as applied by Section 28 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919. I understand that these are the sections generally invoked by local authorities seeking possession from tenants in the Courts.
They behave most arbitrarily, throwing people out without giving any good reason.
