Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The tenancy warning is a formal legislative measure with a particular purpose. In this regard a statement of the supports available to tenants is not appropriate in the statutory warning. I will add to the existing procedures of housing authorities to deal with instances of anti-social behaviour in their housing stock. The purpose of a tenancy warning is to inform a tenant that a condition of his or her tenancy agreement prohibiting anti-social behaviour has been breached; to require the tenant to take steps to prevent a continuation or recurrence of such behaviour; and to warn the tenant of the consequences if the breach of the tenancy agreement is repeated. I encourage housing authorities in their capacity as social landlords to provide all appropriate assistance to a tenant dealing with a household member engaged in anti-social behaviour before the situation gets to the stage of requiring a tenancy warning to be issued. This can be done through the many contacts other than the tenancy warning the authority will have with the tenant in the process of trying to bring an end to anti-social behaviour emanating from a particular household. The formal warning is a particular statutory legislative measure, but there is regular ongoing contact where there is anti-social behaviour during which the tenant is made aware of the various supports which are available.