Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020
1262. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average rent paid by local authority tenants for each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe right of local authorities to set and collect rents on their dwellings is contained in section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. The making or amending of such schemes, subject to broad principles laid down by my Department, is an executive function and each local authority has its own separate differential rent scheme or schemes in operation.
As I have no function in relation to the setting of rents for individual local authority dwellings, my Department does not routinely collate data on the rents charged to tenants by individual local authorities. Such information is available directly from the local authorities.
