Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1093: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is correct that in future local authority tenants who are being de-tenanted because of refurbishment of flats complexes and so on will not be given priority in new accommodation; if any memorandum on this matter has been issued by the Department to city and county managers; if so, the contents of such a memorandum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10619/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The detenanting of dwellings that are to be subject to refurbishment works is a matter for local authorities and my Department has no function in the matter. My Department, in design guidelines issued to local authorities in 1999 on refurbishment works undertaken under the remedial works scheme, states that the issue of whether tenants should remain in occupation of their dwellings during refurbishment work or be relocated is a matter for consideration by the local authority. I am not aware of any particular difficulty in respect of the transfer of tenants whose dwellings are being refurbished and my Department has not communicated with local authorities generally in this regard.