Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed to date in 2004 under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his forecast for the full year. [23586/04]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 106 housing units have been provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-02 during the first half of 2004.

I anticipate that 500 housing units will be provided over the whole of 2004 under Part V.

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authority housing departments can inform private rented accommodation providers that a named person has or has not been either evicted or removed from a local authority housing estate, as a result of anti-social behaviour; if this power exists under the relevant legislation; and if this matter can be rectified. [23590/04]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 authorises certain exchanges of information in relation to persons seeking housing who may have been engaged in anti-social behaviour. These exchanges are permitted between specified agencies: housing authorities, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Garda Siochána, the Department of Social and Family Affairs, health boards and approved voluntary housing bodies.

These provisions do not apply to private landlords. The relevant departmental circular to local authorities recommends that information about tenants should only be provided to a private landlord through the tenants themselves and with their consent.